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The reason why "push" makes more sense, to me, is that the sponsors know exactly when their stats update (most do it in a batch every hour or few hours). Thus, it reduces load on their system by only pushing the stats to you when the stats update. You don't lose any detail.
By "pulling" the stats, you might make the load on their servers high, especially if they calculate stats in real-time (it would constantly thrash their databases). "Pushing" gives the sponsors more control (and a reason to implement the above). They can push every hour or two, if stats update in real-time. Or, they can push at the exact interval of their batch updates, if their stats are calculated in batches.
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