Originally Posted by Airshow

Powermxpx,

You will undoubtedly find snippets here and there to help, and if you're lucky you may find a tutoral with a worked example doing something similar. However, I expect you will pretty well have to build the application yourself from the ground up. And remember, you will need to develop the user interface, database, and the controlling logic (View, Model and Controller).

A word of warning before you start. Sports organisation guard facts and figures, possibly including those you mention, very jealously. At one time, I worked for a major sports web site, where just about every new idea passed through the legal department on its way from concept to realisation. Many seemingly good ideas were filtered out. Many classes of sports information that you (and I) may believe to be 100% public domain can prove not to be. Like it or not (like you I don't), commercial protection of information is big business in its own right, and sometimes ruthlessly enforced. Try republishing a football roster and see what happens! As I understand it, the extent to which these constraints apply to your venture may depend on which country the information originates (and to a lesser extent on the country you are in).

I'm a programmer, not a lawyer so I'm passing on what I know in general terms. I can't be more specific because I'm no expert. You may be OK but personally, I would seek legal advice before ebmbarking on cutting code.

Sorry to be negative.

Airshow