Method and system for a fantasy sports draft game
AssigneeSports Draft Daily,LLC
InventorChristopher Scott Fleming
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Abstract
A fantasy sports game provides for a league of fantasy teams, each managed and owned by a fantasy game player. Teams are filled through a player draft of active players followed by ranking each drafted fantasy team utilizing current season player statistics in multiple predefined categories. The rankings in the various categories are totaled to determine team, and thus fantasy game player, rankings. The player statistics utilized are current as of the previous night during regular season play, and as of the end of the season between seasons of play. The draft may be an online web application or utilize live video conferencing.
Claims20
A method of fantasy gaming comprising:
- drafting players for a fantasy league comprising a plurality of fantasy teams with each fantasy team comprising a plurality of players;
- collecting current statistics for a sport as of the date of the drafting;
- calculating rankings in a plurality of categories for the plurality of players in the plurality of fantasy teams utilizing the current statistics as of the date of the drafting of the players;
- and
- calculating an overall rankings of each of the plurality of fantasy teams based on the rankings of the plurality of fantasy teams in the plurality of categories.
A system for providing fantasy sports gaming comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory containing instructions executable by the processor for:
- drafting players for a fantasy league comprising a plurality of fantasy teams with each fantasy team comprising a plurality of players;
- collecting current statistics for a sport as of the date of the drafting;
- calculating rankings in a plurality of categories for the plurality of players in the plurality of fantasy teams utilizing the current statistics as of the date of the drafting of the players;
- and
- calculating an overall ranking of each of the plurality of fantasy teams based on the rankings of the plurality of fantasy teams in the plurality of categories.
A computer readable medium containing computer instructions executable by a processor for providing fantasy sports gaming, said computer instructions for:
- drafting players for a fantasy league comprising a plurality of fantasy teams with each fantasy team comprising a plurality of players;
- collecting current statistics for a sport as of the date of the drafting;
- calculating rankings in a plurality of categories for the plurality of players in the plurality of fantasy teams utilizing the current statistics as of the date of the drafting of the players;
- and
- calculating an overall ranking of each of the plurality of fantasy teams based on the rankings of the plurality of fantasy teams in the plurality of categories.
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