barackdhouse
Footballguy
Yeah that is basically what I do for a living. Or used to before I was placed on admin leave. I'd tell people I work with high resolution aerial photography and doing digital mapping work with it and they're like "oh cool how fun" and then we're like "well actually..."If you have 10 extra hours per week for their training program, it might be pretty fun to actually work as a data collector:No that's basically it. I definitely have tons of faith in the consistency of the method as it is applied there for PFF, just don't know what the method is for broken tackles.So if they're mining it from PFF, it's likely accurate. Now, what you're asking is a bit different than that, but if you agree with their methodology, then their method of watching film and being accurate with that methodology is probably more accurate than one would think.
So IDK maybe a sub to PFF is all it takes. I mean I know broken tackle rate is out there so is there anything like a 10 year database we could pull from if we had the right sub?
Sorry. I crossed swords there. We’re saying the same thing. They will consistently apply their methodology and we think that is likely to be consistent; it’s just that we don’t know what their methodology is.
I don’t think a sub is all it takes. I think that’s proprietary and they wouldn’t or don’t make it publicly available that far back. You’d have to have had it in your own database from their database going back some years. They likely only go a few years back on their website for subscribers. That’s a guess and I can’t say for sure.
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If you're being serious I have a bit of background on that opportunity.
I can assure you that "fun" isn't really the word. It's interesting to see how the sausage is made, but the actual work is difficult and somewhat tedious. And you don't really get to watch the games like you think you would. You are there to enter data accurately and very quickly, which requires a whole different skill set than you might think. You can't just groove and watch the game. You need two monitors, a video program that allows you to pause, rewind, and fast-forward in precise increments, and a good attention span and eye for detail.
Science work is in itself extremely tedious and repetitive. So is production work. Anyway that is basically what I thrive on, and always have. Not sure just how much I'd be into the pay scale with all things considered. But I'll likely check it out. Thanks for sharing.