Systems and methods for providing fantasy sports contests based on subevents

A method for providing a fantasy sports contest application comprising:

• providing a broadcast of a sporting game on a display screen;
• enabling, during broadcast of the sporting game, a user to create a customized fantasy sports contest based on the performance of athletes during a remaining portion of the sporting game and not on an earlier portion of the sporting game;
• enabling the user to propose the customized fantasy sports contest to other users;
• and
• allowing the user to participate in the customized fantasy sports contest with the other users.

A system for providing a fantasy sports contest to a user, using a fantasy sports contest application, the system comprising:

• means for providing a broadcast of a sporting game to the user on a display screen;
• means for providing, during the broadcast of the sporting game, the user with the ability to join a fantasy sports contest based on a remaining portion of the sporting game;
• means for providing the user with the ability to select at least one athlete from the sporting game to include in a fantasy sports contest team roster, wherein the fantasy sports team roster is associated with the fantasy sports contest;
• and
• means for awarding points to the user based on the performance of the fantasy sports team roster during the remaining portion of the sporting game and not on an earlier portion of the sporting game.

A system for providing a fantasy sports contest application comprising:

• means for providing a broadcast of a sporting game on a display screen;
• means for enabling, during broadcast of the sporting game, a user to create a customized fantasy sports contest based on the performance of athletes during a remaining portion of the sporting game and not on an earlier portion of the sporting game;
• means for enabling the user to propose the customized fantasy sports contest to other users;
• and
• means for allowing the user to participate in the customized fantasy sports contest with the other users.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions for providing a fantasy sports contest to a user, the computer-readable instructions comprising:

• providing a broadcast of a sporting game to the user on a display screen;
• providing, during the broadcast of the sporting game, the user with the ability to join a fantasy sports contest based on a remaining portion of the sporting game;
• providing the user with the ability to select at least one athlete from the sporting game to include in a fantasy sports contest team roster, wherein the fantasy sports team roster is associated with the fantasy sports contest;
• and
• awarding points to the user based on the performance of the fantasy sports team roster during the remaining portion of the sporting game and not on an earlier portion of the sporting game.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions for providing a fantasy sports contest application, the computer-readable instructions comprising:

• providing a broadcast of a sporting game on a display screen;
• enabling, during broadcast of the sporting game, a user, to create a customized fantasy sports contest based on the performance of athletes during a remaining portion of the sporting game and not an earlier portion of the sporting game;
• enabling the user to propose the customized fantasy sports contest to other users;
• and
• allowing the user to participate in the customized fantasy sports contest with the other users.

A system for providing a fantasy sports contest to a user, using a fantasy sports contest application, the system comprising:

• a user input device;
• a user output device comprising a display device;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to;
• provide a broadcast of a sporting game to the user on the display device;
• provide, during the broadcast of the sporting game, the user with the ability to join a fantasy sports contest based on a remaining portion of the sporting game;
• provide the user with the ability to select at least one athlete from the sporting game to include in a fantasy sports contest team roster, wherein the fantasy sports team roster is associated with the fantasy sports contest;
• and
• award points to the user based on the performance of the fantasy sports team roster during the remaining portion of the sporting game and not on an earlier portion of the sporting game.

A system for providing a fantasy sports contest application comprising:

• a user input device;
• a user output device comprising a display device;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• provide a broadcast of a sporting game on the display device;
• enable, during broadcast of the sporting game, a user to create a customized fantasy sports contest based on the performance of athletes during a remaining portion of the sporting game and not on an earlier portion of the sporting game;
• enable the user to propose the customized fantasy sports contest to other users;
• and
• allow the user to participate in the customized fantasy sports contest with the other users.