Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
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Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
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Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#2The comments on that are awesome too - great advice for parsing, categorizing, and such. I couldn't download 2010 though - "Sorry, we are unable to generate a view of the document at this time. Please try again later."
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#3The comments on that are awesome too - great advice for parsing, categorizing, and such. I couldn't download 2010 though - "Sorry, we are unable to generate a view of the document at this time. Please try again later."
If you click the little down arrow (top left), it will download the file. Just a heads-up in case others see this message as well.
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#4How many of you are thinking right now: I'm going to generate an HTML page for every game and throw ads on it? Be Honest!
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#5I'm frankly surprised that this information is allowed to be distributed. I spent awhile in the financial services industry, and while it was really easy to obtain "public" information like stock quote data, I recall that we weren't allowed to simply scrape data from public sites... we had to pay a license fee to get a feed of the data if we were planning on repackaging & distributing it.
It seems to me that the NFL would want to have exclusive rights to distribute this data and charge people a fee for access to it. Clearly I'm no expert in these legal affairs though.
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#6I'm frankly surprised that this information is allowed to be distributed. I spent awhile in the financial services industry, and while it was really easy to obtain "public" information like stock quote data, I recall that we weren't allowed to simply scrape data from public sites... we had to pay a license fee to get a feed of the data if we were planning on repackaging & distributing it. It seems to me that the NFL…
IANAL, but I asked one about this while ago; let's see if I can remember: It's complicated. The NFL broadcasts are copyrighted, and come with a statement that (among other things) distributing descriptions of the game is not allowed. That could be considered a derivative work.
On the other hand, a live performance is generally not protected from copyright, so if you attend a live game to collect the data, you may be in the clear.
The data isn't owned by the NFL, but all recordings of the games are, and so any data obtained by watching recordings of the games could potentially be controlled by the NFL.
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#7How many of you are thinking right now: I'm going to generate an HTML page for every game and throw ads on it? Be Honest!
hush :)
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#8I'm frankly surprised that this information is allowed to be distributed. I spent awhile in the financial services industry, and while it was really easy to obtain "public" information like stock quote data, I recall that we weren't allowed to simply scrape data from public sites... we had to pay a license fee to get a feed of the data if we were planning on repackaging & distributing it. It seems to me that the NFL…
The NFL is not near as strict as MLB (note how you never see an MLB highlight on youtube?) yet MLB allows http://retrosheet.org/ to exist. I don't believe it's technically "dissemination".
Edit: I should note that even http://gdx.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/ contents are governed by http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt which doesn't allow commercial use.
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#9From Line 42536 of the 2008 CSV file:
20090201_PIT@ARI,2,30,18,ARI,PIT,1,1,1,(:18) (Shotgun) K.Warner pass short middle intended for A.Boldin INTERCEPTED by J.Harrison at PIT 0. J.Harrison for 100 yards TOUCHDOWN. Super Bowl Record longest interception return yards. Penalty on ARZ-E.Brown Face Mask (15 Yards) declined. The Replay Assistant challenged the runner broke the plane ruling and the play was Upheld.,7,10,2008
They forgot: for(i=0;iSeriously, I had plans for the next 4 days, but I just scrapped them. Funny how jazzed I get when it's data that I can really relate to...
I've already structured my data warehouse and started the loads. (I'll probably need a whole day just to parse the text in Field 10.) Then I'm going to build a Business Intelligence system on top of it. I will finally have the proof I need that I, not the offensive coordinator, should be texting each play to Coach Tomlin.
See you guys on Monday.
EDIT: OK, I'm back, but not for long. I'm having way too much fun with this...
fleaflicker: Cool website & domain name. Thanks for the tips. I expect shortcomings in the data, but it looks like it's in a lot better shape than the usual free form enterprise quality/vendor/customer comments I usually have to parse. We'll see...
MattSayer & sjs382: I don't plan to do any analysis. I prefer to build an app that enables others to do their own analyses, answering questions that nobody else is asking. Like "Which Steeler makes the most tackles on opposing runs or more than 5 yards when it's 3rd down and longer than 8 yards to go, the temperature is below 38, and edw519 is twirling his Terrible Towel clockwise?"
jerf: Nice thought. I've spent years trying to earn enough money to buy the Pittsburgh Steelers just to fire the slackers and fumblers and win the Super Bowl every year. Maybe I should just take an easier route and solve that problem like any self-respecting hacker should: with data & logic. No Steeler game this weekend; I may have found my destiny
Re: Every NFL play for the past 10 years in CSV format
#10I'm frankly surprised that this information is allowed to be distributed. I spent awhile in the financial services industry, and while it was really easy to obtain "public" information like stock quote data, I recall that we weren't allowed to simply scrape data from public sites... we had to pay a license fee to get a feed of the data if we were planning on repackaging & distributing it. It seems to me that the NFL…
IANAL, but I asked one about this while ago; let's see if I can remember: It's complicated. The NFL broadcasts are copyrighted, and come with a statement that (among other things) distributing descriptions of the game is not allowed. That could be considered a derivative work. On the other hand, a live performance is generally not protected from copyright, so if you attend a live game to collect the data, you may be…
IANAL too, but the NFL lost a relatively recent court case regarding fantasy football that, as far as I am aware, made the leagues statistics public knowledge as long as you compile the information yourself. Therefore the main legal issue with this data would be the source.