System and method for managing fantasy sports teams and leagues

A system for managing a fantasy sports league, comprising:

• a database storing a plurality of fantasy players;
• a plurality of user interface devices connected to the database over a network, wherein the user interface is configured to enable a contestant to select a fantasy team of fantasy players and wherein the selections made through the interface on the user interface devices are stored in the database;
• and
• one or more servers comprising a cloud-based player performance stats provider;
• a player performance stats tracker configured to track player performance stats from each player's game;
• a game status reader configured to read a game status from each player's game, including one or more of a game time status and a round status of the game;
• a database housed on one or more non-transitory computer readable media, wherein the database is configured to store game statuses and player performance stats, including player active and inactive statuses, and predicted player performance stats;
• a substitution mechanism enabling substitution of a bench player for an active player at a time during a live sports game, competition or other event using one or more real-time in-game player stats, real-time player stats predictions and real-time player fantasy points predictions;
• a fantasy points tallying mechanism enabling accrual of points obtained by each contestant based on performance stats achieved by each player that a contestant has designated as active during a given contest;
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• a player stats projection real-time update mechanism providing real-time predictions of future player performance stats, including real-time predictions of future player fantasy points, and real-time updates of performance stats predictions for each player.

A method for managing a fantasy sports league, comprising:

• providing a plurality of fantasy players on a database;
• connecting a plurality of remote user interface devices to the database over a network;
• receiving input from one of the plurality of user interface devices using an interface to select a fantasy team of fantasy players;
• storing the selections made through the interface on the user interface devices on the database, comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable media;
• providing player performance stats from each player's game to a player performance stats tracker;
• providing a game status, including a game time status or a round status of a game, from each player's game to a player game status tracker;
• storing on the database game statuses and player stats, including player active and inactive statuses, and predicted player performance stats;
• tallying fantasy game points obtained by each contestant based on performance stats achieved by each player that a contestant has designated as active during a given contest or contest round;
• providing player performance stats predictions, player fantasy points predictions, and updates to the same in real-time;
• substituting a bench player for an active player during a live sports game, competition or other event using one or more real-time in-game player stats and real-time player performance stats predictions, including real-time player fantasy points predictions;
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• notifying, via the fantasy league server, any of the plurality of user interface devices that a change to the selected fantasy players has been made.