- I think the closest thing now is mySchedule NFL 2009 - Schedules, stats, rosters and game day - Entertainment BlackBerry Apps - Crackberry BlackBerry Software Store which is pretty good IMO08-13-09 04:36 PMLike 0
- Not to step on anyones toes or rain on anyone's parade, but an app like this probably wont be around for a while and here is why
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The NFL is absolutely crazy when it comes to copyright laws. You're probably thinking this is public data and anyone can use live scores etc but that is far from the truth. The NFL states that everything that they produce is strictly theirs yada-yada etc. So every teams score is copyright of the NFL even though it's on public tv, every stat is copyright of the NFL get my drift?
To top it all off the NFL is taking people to court left and right for using their data illegally. I just did a ton of reaserach on the topic for a fantasy football app I was going to create.
There are only a few sites that have the rights to host live scores, stats etc and they each have multi-million dollar contracts with the NFL and a company called Stats, Inc.
For developers thinking about doing this I would really look into it first.09-04-09 11:36 AMLike 0 -
- Not to step on anyones toes or rain on anyone's parade, but an app like this probably wont be around for a while and here is why
...
The NFL is absolutely crazy when it comes to copyright laws. You're probably thinking this is public data and anyone can use live scores etc but that is far from the truth. The NFL states that everything that they produce is strictly theirs yada-yada etc. So every teams score is copyright of the NFL even though it's on public tv, every stat is copyright of the NFL get my drift?
To top it all off the NFL is taking people to court left and right for using their data illegally. I just did a ton of reaserach on the topic for a fantasy football app I was going to create.
There are only a few sites that have the rights to host live scores, stats etc and they each have multi-million dollar contracts with the NFL and a company called Stats, Inc.
For developers thinking about doing this I would really look into it first.09-05-09 10:45 PMLike 0
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