[Chris Marra]

A 'file format' will require applications to be specifically tailored to read these files. What you really want is a unified CSV structure, which specifies either common variables that are acceptable as column and row headers, or a common structure which makes Row A a team list, row B their record, and etc. Obviously specifics for anything need to be worked out, but by using a CSV you allow anyone to easily access this data, either with their own scouting application, or simply Excel, Openoffice, and Google Spreadsheets if they prefer. (I personally know in 2006 team 291 had a purely ridiculous/amazing spreadsheet set up in excel with tons of data that was easily manipulated by someone familiar with the structure).