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title: "OFD · The data layer for world sport, below the top tier"
status: "pre-launch"
dispatch: 2026.01
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#The data layer for world sport, below the top tier.
>Online Football Directory builds the infrastructure that makes data on the lower-tier and semi-professional layer of world sport exist in the first place. Crowdsourced. Comparative. Federation-interoperable.
We are the parent infrastructure company. LOCALSS, our first consumer vertical (football), launches in 2026. Hockey, basketball, and school-sports verticals follow.
##Where to go next
- → docs/thesis.md // why this layer needs to exist, long-form
- → docs/ontology.md // how the platform turns footage into structured data
- → schema/architecture.ts // the three-layer stack
- → schema/asymmetries.ts // why incumbents can’t profitably cover tier 3+
- → logs/build.jsonl // pre-launch progress, kept honest
$ ofd cat docs/mission.md