Free market playoff system and methods thereof

A method for operating a competitive event having a plurality of rounds among a plurality of competitors comprising the steps of:

• a. determining a ranking for at least half of said plurality of competitors, wherein said ranking is associated with an order of selection;
• b. selecting one of said ranked competitors in the order of said ranking;
• c. allowing said selected ranked competitor to select one of said remaining competitors as a competitive partner;
• d. continuously selecting said competitors until each of said competitors is associated with a competitive partner;
• e. recording a winning and a losing competitor in an engagement of competitive partners in said round of competitive event;
• f. removing said losing competitor from further participation;
• and
• g. associating a new ranking with each remaining competitor.

A system for determining competitive partners from among a plurality of participants in a selected one of a plurality of rounds in a competitive event wherein at least one of said participants has an associated ranking, said system comprising:

• means operable to execute code for:
• selecting, in accordance with said associated ranking, one of said participants;
• allowing said selected participant to select one of said other participants;
• removing said selected participant and selected other participant from further consideration for said selected round;
• and
• continuously selecting said participants until each of said participants is removed from further consideration.

A method for determining competitive partners from among a plurality of participants in a selected one of a plurality of rounds in a competitive event wherein at least one of said participants has an associated ranking, said method comprising the steps of:

• organizing at least one of said participants into a first group and remaining ones of said participants into a second group;
• selecting, within said second group in accordance with said associated ranking, one of said participants,
• allowing said selected participant to select one of said other participants;
• and
• removing said selected participant and selected other participant from further consideration for said selected round.