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 Can I have a data dump of your database?

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The one word answer is: No.

Now for the much longer answer:

I wish StatSheet was a totally open wiki that allowed anyone to take and contribute data freely, but that's just not the case. Unfortunately, sports stats cost money in many cases—especially college stats. And we aren't talking a small amount of money. I'm currently paying a significant amount of money every year out of pocket to fund some of the stats you see on StatSheet. That means StatSheet has to be a legitimate business to make it long-term.

Despite the fact that I can't simply give away all the stats and expect to turn a profit, my contract with STATS LLC requires that I don't redistribute their stats freely. That also means I have to make a best effort at stopping people from scraping the StatSheet site (aka, downloading the entire site for the purpose of collecting all the stats). So I block IP addresses from accessing the site that seem to be using automated scripts to download content. Believe me, I wish I didn't have to do this, but right now it doesn't make sense to me that I pay a bunch of money for these stats just so other people can download them for free and use them independent of the StatSheet website. At least I don't charge to access the StatSheet website like many of competitors!