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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
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<title>Sports Fan Misery - About</title>
<div id="navbar"></div>
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<body class="loading container">
<div id="about">
<h1>About The Sports Fan Misery Calculator</h1>
<hr id="top_divider" class="divider" />
<p id="intro">
Being a sports fan can be a painful experience, but some fan bases have
it far worse than others. Are you one of them? You may think the teams
you follow bring you misery, but what if you could know not only
precisely how miserable they make you, but how many more (if any)
championship/cup/trophy wins you likely see in your life?
</p>
<p>That's what this sets out to do, using the power of data!</p>
<h3 class="question">"What years/seasons are included in this?"</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
Seasons are not added until they are finished. Some leagues are over 100
years old, while others have only been around a few years. For an exact
date range for each league, please see the
<a href="sources.html">sources page</a>.
</p>
<h3 class="question">
"I'm a fan of X team. How could you possibly measure the pain they bring
me?"
</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
It's actually quite simple. There are multiple approaches to quantifying
all the emotions that go with being emotionally invested in a team. This
site uses a combination of all three of these to achieve the most
accurate results possible. These are:
</p>
<h4>The Calculus Method</h4>
<p>
The first is the classical approach known as the
<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzschild_radius"
target="_blank"
>Schwarzschild Radius</a
>, named after German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild.
</p>
<h4>The Arithmetic Method</h4>
<p>
The second most common approach is to take number of championships,
cups, trophies, finals an individual's team has brought them in their
lifetime, and divide by the number of years they have been alive. This
gives an average number of years between brief moments when the fan can
say to themselves "maybe life isn't so bad".
</p>
<h4>The Consultant PowerPoint Method</h4>
<p>
The third approach is with a simple flow chart. The boxes in this chart
vary based on the league in question, but roughly come down to the same
methods mathematically. Typically getting these results requires a
multi-year multi-million dollar contract with McKinsey, but luckily a
few free ones are available online.
</p>
<p>
For example, the flow chart for the National Football League would be
the following:
</p>
<img alt="flowchart" width="500" height="600" id="flowchart" />
<h3 class="question">"Will you be adding X league or Y competition?</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
At the moment the following leagues are planned to be added in future
updates:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Australian Football League (Dates TBD)</li>
<li>Brasileirão (Dates TBD)</li>
<li>Bundesliga (Dates prior to 1996)</li>
<li>Eredivisie (1956 - Present)</li>
<li>J1 League (1992 - Present)</li>
<li>K1 League (1992 - Present)</li>
<li>La Liga (Dates prior to 1996)</li>
<li>Liga MX (1943 - Present)</li>
<li>Ligue 1 (Dates prior to 1996)</li>
<li>NCAA Basketball (Dates vary by Conference)</li>
<li>NCAA Football (Full Bowl Game Data)</li>
<li>Premier league (Dates prior to 1996)</li>
<li>Primeira Liga (Dates TBD)</li>
<li>Serie A (Dates prior to 1996)</li>
<li>Super League (1996 - Present)</li>
</ul>
<p>Leagues with no current plans to be added in future updates:</p>
<ul>
<li>Any Minor League Baseball (A, AA, AAA)</li>
<li>
Any Soccer/Football league that is not level 1 on that country's
league system
</li>
<li>F1, F2, etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>
Leagues & Teams that will <b>NOT</b> be added in future updates (so
please stop asking):
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Leagues that have completed less than five seasons (i.e. the Canadian
Premier League)
</li>
<li>Any individual based sports (i.e. boxing, MMA, NASCAR, etc.)</li>
<li>Fictional Leagues</li>
<li>Your Fantasy League</li>
<li>Any All-Star teams</li>
<li>The Co-Ed softball/kickball league you play in</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="question">"What about historical teams?</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
All franchises that have moved cities or changed names at any point are
under their current name. The records from their previous city and/or
name are included unless the league itself decided otherwise, for
example the OKC Thunder did not inherit the Seattle Super Sonics
records.
</p>
<p>
At this time there are no plans for adding options for historical team
names or defunct teams. In other words, yes the creator of this site is
aware that there are still a few grumpy
<a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/politics/bernie-sanders-baseball.html"
target="_blank"
>Brooklyn</a
>
<a
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/realestate/a-brooklyn-dodgers-fan-who-never-gave-up-on-ebbets-field.html"
target="_blank"
>Dodgers</a
>
fans out there.
</p>
<h3 class="question">
"Where can I find the data used in this available?"
</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
Most of the data for this was obtained from
<a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/" target="_blank"
>Sports-Reference.com</a
>
and
<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports-related_curses"
target="_blank"
>Wikipedia</a
>. The data files can be found in the github repository for this site in
both
<a
href="https://github.com/Durhamster/sports_fan_misery/tree/main/src/data/csv"
target="_blank"
>csv</a
>
and
<a
href="https://github.com/Durhamster/sports_fan_misery/tree/main/src/data/json"
target="_blank"
>json</a
>
formats.
</p>
<p>
The repo for the web scraper used to obtain some of the data
Sports-Reference.com can be found
<a
href="https://github.com/Durhamster/Sports_Teams_Data_Scrape"
target="_blank"
><i class="fab fa-github" id="github_icon"></i> here.
</a>
</p>
<p>
A more detailed list of sources can be found on the
<a href="sources.html">sources page</a>.
</p>
<h3 class="question">
"Why aren't any of the logos for the leagues or teams used here?"
</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
To avoid any copyrights issues. Low-effort Microsoft Paint drawings of
the logos were considered but that idea was shelved until more expensive
legal counsel can be acquired. Sports leagues are serious about
protecting their brands and the creator of this site is serious about
not wanting to go to court over this.
</p>
<h3 class="question">
"I have a data set for a league not included in this site. Can I
contribute it?"
</h3>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p class="answer">
Absolutely! Data collection and cleaning is a very time intensive
process. Even partial data sets for any league would be helpful. If you
have a set you would like to contribute please see the contact section
below to reach out.
</p>
<div id="contact">
<h2>Contact</h2>
<hr class="sub_divider" />
<p>
The best way to get a hold of me is to shoot me a direct message on
<a href="https://twitter.com/durhamster" target="blank"
><i class="fab fa-twitter"></i> Twitter</a
>
or connect with me on
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-durham/" target="blank"
><i class="fab fa-linkedin"></i> LinkedIn</a
>.
</p>
<p>
While you're at it, check out my other projects on
<a
href="https://github.com/Durhamster"
title="Durhamster on GitHub"
target="blank"
><i class="fab fa-github" id="github_icon"></i> Github</a
>.
</p>
<p>
Want to support me? Feel free to
<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/durhamster" target="blank"
><i class="fas fa-coffee"></i> buy me a coffee!</a
>
</p>
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