Sport contest equalizer system
First Claim
1. A method for creating parity between live team competitors prior to or during an interactive competition wherein said teams are unequally matched, said method comprising:
- providing an objective matrix for grading members of two opposing teams scheduled to engage in a team competition, wherein individual team members of each team, or the entire team, are rated on a common scale relative to factors effecting performance, including factors relative to other team members on said individual'"'"'s own team, and factors relative to a counter-part on said opposing team;
assigning a value to such rating of said individual team member or team;
assessing an individual member'"'"'s contribution to his or her team'"'"'s effort relative to said opposing team within a game plan, based upon said individual or team'"'"'s rating relative to members on said opposing team;
adjusting said game plan on the basis of said individual members or team'"'"'s rating to control interactive play between said teams prior to or during said interactive competition; and
wherein said adjusted game plan assigns players of one of the opposing teams to positions of play other than their favored or preferred positions.
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Abstract
This invention provides a game plan that is implemented prior to or in a sporting event to create parity between two mismatched teams in a given competition. A preferred game plan includes a series of counter-measures or tactics so that the burdened team is still free to use its personnel within the established or traditional structure of the game. In one or more alternative embodiments of this invention, parity can be created by alteration in the basic structure or play of the game, for example, creating a hybrid game of an unequal number of players, and scoring rules biased in favor of the inferior team.
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4 Claims
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1. A method for creating parity between live team competitors prior to or during an interactive competition wherein said teams are unequally matched, said method comprising:
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providing an objective matrix for grading members of two opposing teams scheduled to engage in a team competition, wherein individual team members of each team, or the entire team, are rated on a common scale relative to factors effecting performance, including factors relative to other team members on said individual'"'"'s own team, and factors relative to a counter-part on said opposing team;
assigning a value to such rating of said individual team member or team;
assessing an individual member'"'"'s contribution to his or her team'"'"'s effort relative to said opposing team within a game plan, based upon said individual or team'"'"'s rating relative to members on said opposing team;
adjusting said game plan on the basis of said individual members or team'"'"'s rating to control interactive play between said teams prior to or during said interactive competition; and
wherein said adjusted game plan assigns players of one of the opposing teams to positions of play other than their favored or preferred positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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Current AssigneeDonald Spector
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Original AssigneeDonald Spector
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InventorsSpector, Donald
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Primary Examiner(s)NGUYEN, KIM T
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Application NumberUS09/821,585Publication NumberTime in Patent Office845 DaysField of Search700/91, 700/92, 700/93, 273/247, 273/298, 273/118.R, 273/440-441, 273/444, 273/449-453, 473/470-471, 473/472, 473/473, 473/56-57, 463/43, 463/44, 463/49-60, 463/2-8US Class Current700/91CPC Class CodesA63B 2102/24 Ice hockeyA63B 2243/0037 BasketballA63B 2243/007 American footballA63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devic...A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or sch...
