NFL scheduling program revisit

[jc]

Just want to let you all know my students...did it and came up with a schedule program for officials

here is a peek...

Crew O R114 Options:
Schedule II:

Week
1. CAR @ ARI
2. OAK @ BUF
3. BAL @ STL
4. NO @ JAC
5. TB @ SF
6. MIA @ NYJ
7. GB @ MIN
8. OFF
9. SEA @ DAL
10. NO @ ATL
11. SD @ CHI
12. OFF
13. NYJ @ WAS
14. MIN @ DET
15. CAR @ HOU
16. OAK @ KC
17. BAL @ CIN

Teams Worked:
ARI, ATL, BAL, BUF, CAR, CHI,
CIN, DAL, DET, GB, HOU, JAC,
KC, MIA, MIN, NO, NYJ, OAK,
SD, SEA, SF, STL, TB, WAS

Teams Missed:
CLE, DEN, IND, NE, NYG, PHI,
PIT, TEN

Crew P R42 Options:
Schedule II:

Week
1. SEA @ SF
2. CHI @ NO
3. MIA @ CLE
4. NYG @ ARI
5. NYJ @ NE
6. OFF
7. ATL @ DET
8. CIN @ SEA
9. GB @ SD
10. JAC @ IND
11. OFF
12. ARI @ STL
13. ATL @ HOU
14. CLE @ PIT
15. MIA @ BUF
16. JAC @ TEN
17. WAS @ PHI

Teams Worked:
ARI, ATL, BUF, CHI, CIN, CLE,
DET, GB, HOU, IND, JAC, MIA,
NE, NO, NYG, NYJ, PHI, PIT,
SD, SEA, SF, STL, TEN, WAS

Teams Missed:
BAL, CAR, DAL, DEN, KC, MIN,
OAK, TB
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Weekly Crew Schedule:
Week 1
1. NO @ GB - R66
2. PIT @ BAL - R85
3. CIN @ CLE - R34
4. IND @ HOU - R51
5. ATL @ CHI - R42
6. PHI @ STL - R57
7. DET @ TB - R94
8. TEN @ JAC - R14
9. BUF @ KC - R114
10. NYG @ WAS - R19
11. CAR @ ARI - R135
12. DAL @ NYJ - R23
13. MIN @ SD - R132
14. SEA @ SF - R77
15. NE @ MIA - R65
16. OAK @ DEN - R127

OFF: R99

Week 2
1. KC @ DET - R99
2. OAK @ BUF - R42
3. BAL @ TEN - R114
4. JAC @ NYJ - R94
5. CLE @ IND - R66
6. ARI @ WAS - R132
7. TB @ MIN - R135
8. GB @ CAR - R77
9. CHI @ NO - R34
10. SEA @ PIT - R51
11. DAL @ SF - R127
12. SD @ NE - R85
13. CIN @ DEN - R23
14. HOU @ MIA - R14
15. PHI @ ATL - R19
16. STL @ NYG - R65

OFF: R57

I am very pleased they made me proud...

If you are interested I will say more...

[FredFan7]

Did Walt Coleman get a Raiders game?

Did your students like the exercise?

Will you sell your program to the NFL?

[jc]

1. Yes, in Coleman got OAK games both away and home...on many occasions...that was not a restriction

2. Yes, they did...they thought is was different...just like the Judo, and Sudoku and Hitori programs I assigned them..

3. Nah...they probably all ready have one...but it will help me with predictions from now on..

[mike]

Were there any restrictions in place trying to equalize the number of primetime games?

[ak482]

For each crew, do you have the students try to strike a balance between AFC, NFC & interconference games?

[Deleted]

what class is this, and at what level?

[jc]

This was for my college class in programming...I am a college professor
Here were the restrictions...there were none for primetime games since now they seems to be blurred with MNF and SNF...

regular season games based on certain criteria. The criteria:
• No crew can work the same team (home or away) more than two times in the regular season.
• There must be a minimum of six week (6 or greater) separation before the crew can see the same team (home or away) again.
• If a crew sees the same team twice during the season:
 One must be at home and the other away- OR
 Both times away
• Each crew (except one) will have two off or bye weeks in a 17 week season.
• Byes can't happen in consecutive weeks.
• No crew can work the same two matchups (home or away) during the season.
 Example: DAL @ WAS and WAS @ DAL- even if all the other criteria stated above is met

[mike]

Well that last restriction seems to have been done away with. Although MNF, SNF distinction is gone, they appear to try and balance out combined appearances of games where there is only one game (MNF, SNF, Thursday, etc.)

[Deleted]

This is an extremely tough assignment - for many scheduling creations, computer
scheduling will work. However, because of the limited field and all of the intricacies of
crew scheduling - creating a computer program is just too complicated - hand
scheduling is the proper way to handle this situation IMO - I created a schedule for
this year's crews - all crews had 2 or more prime time assignments (MNF<SNF<TNF)
no crew went to a site twice (except the Meadowlands) - and all crews saw only 2 or 3
teams more than once - this year's NFL crew sch. was poorly handled IMO. I commend your
students for doing as well as they did - when we did scheduling for 800 students and
50 teachers, we would start by creating a master schedule by hand - because we had so
many difficult items to deal with - 80 students in the band - single AP courses with 6-10
students - plus all the staff issues like the AD having to be off at the end of the day and
all dept heads and supervisors off at the same time to be at meetings.

[jc]

bill ump

There is comerical software- for scheduling- class schedules for High Schools...looked into doing this for our college in scheduling classes...http://www.timetabler.com/

[bulldog6878]

Niether the DallasCowboys o Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had Mike Carey' officiate their games.

[Deleted]

jc - we have used software for scheduling for years - it works well - however, it needs
experienced schedulers to properly set up the parameters for it to work - I just don't
think that programming will work well for NFL crew scheduling assignments.

[mike]

NFL Scheduling also requires a human element because although an official would not be a candidate for an NFL position unless he/she has reached the pinnacle of the profession, there are just certain officials who easily can become overwhelmed working the most intense rivalries and that poses some issues

[FredFan7]

Dec 20, 2011 9:11:29 GMT -5 mike said:

NFL Scheduling also requires a human element because although an official would not be a candidate for an NFL position unless he/she has reached the pinnacle of the profession, there are just certain officials who easily can become overwhelmed working the most intense rivalries and that poses some issues

True. Carl Johnson might think twice to assigning a rookie referee to Steelers-Ravens.