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08-04-2011, 08:31 PM
Hi guys, so I have an incredibly nerdy problem with my nerdy ass single player league that I've devoted a lot of nerdy time to, and I was hoping you non-nerdy technical geniuses who run MP leagues could help.
My quick, backgroundless question is this: How do you export player stats from FOF to a more usable form, like a .CSV or something? I've been putting together a local website (not hosted anywhere) and wanted to put together player pages with actual stats in them. You know, without having to copy each line by hand.
My long, backgroundful story: I wanted to put together a single player experience, with a divergent story that integrated NFL and USFL history at the same time. I chose 1986 as my start point. Here's the back story I put together:
"The NFL/USFL Merger
The Second Renaissance
In the summer of 1985, the NFL was on the verge of its second labor dispute of the decade. In 1982, the NFL had lost nearly half the season to a players strike and nearly four seasons later, players were grumbling they got the short end of the deal. NFL owners were dealing with falling revenues and fan bases in key locations, but paradoxically, were in desperate need of expansion into the football hungry south and west. Feeling they were vulnerable to the player's planned anti-trust lawsuit, owners knew they had to do something drastic.
Meanwhile, in the upstart USFL, things were on the upswing. The tragic death of New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump when his yacht capsized under mysterious circumstances and the mogul was eaten alive by ravenous sea lions was a blessing in disguise. With all force behind the proposed move to fall football gone, owners were solidifying their fan base and beginning to realize that their league was becoming a name in American sports. Revenues and player salaries were skyrocketing, and the lure of a fair free agency market was bringing in top talent from colleges and directly from the NFL itself.
When NFLPA President Gene Upshaw and outspoken member Freeman McNeil of the New York Jets met with USFL Commissioner Harry Usher to discuss the possibility of a class-action anti-trust lawsuit, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle knew he had to head them off at the pass. He called an emergency meeting of the owners to solicit ideas. While most were arrogantly in favor of fighting the lawsuit tooth and nail, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney spoke in favor of a merger. Through the righteous indignation of the other owners, Rooney explained how merging with the NFL could give them not only an infusion of cash from new franchise fees and help them expand fan bases in the south, but would give them the opportunity to make major overhauls to the game, including rules and labor relations. The USFL, of course, jumped at the chance.
Over the course of weeks, the Steelers’ owner gained support on his proposal, and was able to placate the owners of the New York Jets and the San Diego Chargers, two teams who were losing money and would be folded in the new configuration. This was solved by an egalitarian approach to stake in ownership. It was to be spread out throughout the league. Majority ownership would be maintained, but minority ownership would be replaced by a shell corporation that would own a minority share in all teams. Shares in this corporation would be publically traded and initially divided up amongst the other owners. This way owners had a vested interest in the value of all the other teams in the league.
The team structure and divisional landscape would be radically altered. The New York Jets and San Diego Chargers, teams already with failing finances and dwindling fan bases were folded. Their players were dispersed via a special draft. Six USFL teams were granted NFL franchises, the Portland Breakers, the Birmingham Stallions, the New Jersey Generals, the Memphis Showboats, the Oklahoma Outlaws and the two-time USFL Champion Baltimore Stars. The Outlaws owners, the Tatham family, were more than happy to return to their home state of Oklahoma from Arizona, freeing up Bill Bidwell's long planned move to Phoenix with the Cardinals. All other USFL teams were folded, their owners given shares from the new USNFL shell corporation, and their players rights distributed to the teams that drafted them in the supplemental NFL draft of 1984. The conferences would remain the AFC and the NFC, but would now each include North, South, East and West divisions, all drawn along logical geographic lines while still maintaining traditional rivalries.
Other rules, like changing the kickoff location and adding two point conversions were quickly ratified, but the real change was free agency. Players were now able to offer their services to the highest bidder once their initial contract was ended or they were released. So with labor satisfied and with 32 majority owners and countless minority owners all finally fully vested in the good of the league, the 1986 season was poised to begin Rooney's Second Renaissance, the USNFL."
I've also put together an unhosted website purely for my own enjoyment, and to teach myself HTML along the way. I've stolen liberally from league sites like the WOOF and CCFL, but hey, homage is the most sincere form of flattery, right?
Some examples, my nerdery laid bare:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2849/yearpage.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5240/teampage.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9763/playerpage2.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1703/teamcareerpage.jpg
Hopefully that doesn’t rape all the margins. But as you can see, Troy Aikman’s New Jersey Generals career lacks stats.
My quick, backgroundless question is this: How do you export player stats from FOF to a more usable form, like a .CSV or something? I've been putting together a local website (not hosted anywhere) and wanted to put together player pages with actual stats in them. You know, without having to copy each line by hand.
My long, backgroundful story: I wanted to put together a single player experience, with a divergent story that integrated NFL and USFL history at the same time. I chose 1986 as my start point. Here's the back story I put together:
"The NFL/USFL Merger
The Second Renaissance
In the summer of 1985, the NFL was on the verge of its second labor dispute of the decade. In 1982, the NFL had lost nearly half the season to a players strike and nearly four seasons later, players were grumbling they got the short end of the deal. NFL owners were dealing with falling revenues and fan bases in key locations, but paradoxically, were in desperate need of expansion into the football hungry south and west. Feeling they were vulnerable to the player's planned anti-trust lawsuit, owners knew they had to do something drastic.
Meanwhile, in the upstart USFL, things were on the upswing. The tragic death of New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump when his yacht capsized under mysterious circumstances and the mogul was eaten alive by ravenous sea lions was a blessing in disguise. With all force behind the proposed move to fall football gone, owners were solidifying their fan base and beginning to realize that their league was becoming a name in American sports. Revenues and player salaries were skyrocketing, and the lure of a fair free agency market was bringing in top talent from colleges and directly from the NFL itself.
When NFLPA President Gene Upshaw and outspoken member Freeman McNeil of the New York Jets met with USFL Commissioner Harry Usher to discuss the possibility of a class-action anti-trust lawsuit, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle knew he had to head them off at the pass. He called an emergency meeting of the owners to solicit ideas. While most were arrogantly in favor of fighting the lawsuit tooth and nail, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney spoke in favor of a merger. Through the righteous indignation of the other owners, Rooney explained how merging with the NFL could give them not only an infusion of cash from new franchise fees and help them expand fan bases in the south, but would give them the opportunity to make major overhauls to the game, including rules and labor relations. The USFL, of course, jumped at the chance.
Over the course of weeks, the Steelers’ owner gained support on his proposal, and was able to placate the owners of the New York Jets and the San Diego Chargers, two teams who were losing money and would be folded in the new configuration. This was solved by an egalitarian approach to stake in ownership. It was to be spread out throughout the league. Majority ownership would be maintained, but minority ownership would be replaced by a shell corporation that would own a minority share in all teams. Shares in this corporation would be publically traded and initially divided up amongst the other owners. This way owners had a vested interest in the value of all the other teams in the league.
The team structure and divisional landscape would be radically altered. The New York Jets and San Diego Chargers, teams already with failing finances and dwindling fan bases were folded. Their players were dispersed via a special draft. Six USFL teams were granted NFL franchises, the Portland Breakers, the Birmingham Stallions, the New Jersey Generals, the Memphis Showboats, the Oklahoma Outlaws and the two-time USFL Champion Baltimore Stars. The Outlaws owners, the Tatham family, were more than happy to return to their home state of Oklahoma from Arizona, freeing up Bill Bidwell's long planned move to Phoenix with the Cardinals. All other USFL teams were folded, their owners given shares from the new USNFL shell corporation, and their players rights distributed to the teams that drafted them in the supplemental NFL draft of 1984. The conferences would remain the AFC and the NFC, but would now each include North, South, East and West divisions, all drawn along logical geographic lines while still maintaining traditional rivalries.
Other rules, like changing the kickoff location and adding two point conversions were quickly ratified, but the real change was free agency. Players were now able to offer their services to the highest bidder once their initial contract was ended or they were released. So with labor satisfied and with 32 majority owners and countless minority owners all finally fully vested in the good of the league, the 1986 season was poised to begin Rooney's Second Renaissance, the USNFL."
I've also put together an unhosted website purely for my own enjoyment, and to teach myself HTML along the way. I've stolen liberally from league sites like the WOOF and CCFL, but hey, homage is the most sincere form of flattery, right?
Some examples, my nerdery laid bare:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2849/yearpage.jpg
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/5240/teampage.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9763/playerpage2.jpg
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1703/teamcareerpage.jpg
Hopefully that doesn’t rape all the margins. But as you can see, Troy Aikman’s New Jersey Generals career lacks stats.