Fantasy sports league pre-draft logic method

• US 20060040719A1
• Filed: 08/19/2005
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mock Draft Central, LLC (Gambling.com Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mock Draft Central, LLC (Gambling.com Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Plimi, Jason
• Application Number:
  US11/208,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20060040719A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/9
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team before and during a fantasy sport league draft, comprising the steps of selecting a player, assigning a logic rule to the player, the logic rule defining at least one condition that governs if and when the player will be drafted during the fantasy sports league draft; and repeating the steps of selecting a player and assigning a logic rule for additional players.

Claims

1. A method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team before and during a fantasy sport league draft, comprising in combination, the steps of:

(a) selecting a player;

(b) assigning a logic rule to the player, the logic rule defining at least one condition that governs if and when the player will be drafted during the fantasy sports league draft; and

repeating steps (a) and (b) for additional players.

2. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein the logic rule comprises drafting a player only after a preselected round.

3. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein each player has a position, and the logic rule comprises drafting a selected player unless a team of previously drafted players already contains a predetermined number of players at the same position as the selected player.

4. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein the logic rule comprises drafting a player only if a predetermined previously drafted player is already on a team of players drafted.

5. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein each player has a position, and the logic rule comprises drafting a player unless another player already on a team of drafted players and at the same position as the selected player does not play at the same time the selected player does not play.

6. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein the logic rule comprises choosing to cancel a logic rule after one of a predetermined round and a predetermined number of rounds.

7. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein each player has a position, and the logic rule comprises drafting a player only if other teams of previously drafted players have selected a predetermined number of players at the same position as the selected player.

8. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 further comprising applying the logic rule to a grouping of players.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the grouping of players comprises players grouped by position.

10. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein the logic rule can be edited both prior to and during the draft.

11. The method of selecting players for a fantasy sports league team according to claim 1 wherein each teams is managed by a participant, and further comprising an auto select option, which indicates to other participants that a participant is away from the participant'"'"'s computer.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the auto select option reduces the amount of time the participant has for a round of a draft.