About The Sports Fan Misery Calculator
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- 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? -
-That's what this sets out to do, using the power of data!
- -"What years/seasons are included in this?"
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- 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 - sources page. -
- -- "I'm a fan of X team. How could you possibly measure the pain they bring - me?" -
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- 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: -
-The Calculus Method
-- The first is the classical approach known as the - Schwarzschild Radius, named after German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild. -
-The Arithmetic Method
-- 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". -
-The Consultant PowerPoint Method
-- 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. -
-- For example, the flow chart for the National Football League would be - the following: -
-"Will you be adding X league or Y competition?
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- At the moment the following leagues are planned to be added in future - updates: -
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- Australian Football League (Dates TBD) -
- Brasileirão (Dates TBD) -
- Bundesliga (Dates prior to 1996) -
- Eredivisie (1956 - 2021) -
- La Liga (Dates prior to 1996) -
- Liga MX (1943 - 2021) -
- Ligue 1 (Dates prior to 1996) -
- National Rugby League (1998 - 2022) -
- NCAA Football (Dates vary by Conference) -
- Nippon Professional Baseball (1950 - 2021) -
- Premier league (Dates prior to 1996) -
- Primeira Liga (Dates TBD) -
- Serie A (Dates prior to 1996) -
Leagues with no current plans to be added in future updates:
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- Any Minor League Baseball (A, AA, AAA) -
- - Any Soccer/Football league that is not level 1 on that country's - league system - -
- F1, F2, etc. -
- Leagues & Teams that will NOT be added in future updates (so - please stop asking): -
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- - Leagues that are less than five years old (i.e. the Canadian Premier - League) - -
- Any individual based sports (i.e. boxing, MMA, NASCAR, etc.) -
- Fictional Leagues -
- Your Fantasy League -
- Any All-Star teams -
- The Co-Ed softball/kickball league you play in -
"What about historical teams?
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- 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. -
-- At this time there are no plans for add 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 - Brooklyn - Dodgers - fans out there. -
- -- "Where can I find the data used in this available?" -
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- Most of the data for this was obtained from - Sports-Reference.com - and - Wikipedia. The data files can be found in the github repository for this site in - both - csv - and - json - formats. -
-- The repo for the web scraper used to obtain some of the data - Sports-Reference.com can be found - here. - -
-- A more detailed list of sources can be found on the - sources page. -
- -- "Why aren't any of the logos for the leagues or teams used here?" -
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- 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. -
-- "I have a data set for a league not included in this site. Can I - contribute it?" -
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- 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. -
-Contact
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- The best way to get a hold of me is to shoot me a direct message on - Twitter - or connect with me on - LinkedIn. -
-- While you're at it, check out my other projects on - Github. -
-- Want to support me? Feel free to - buy me a coffee! -
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