Systems and methods for roster management in fantasy sports contest applications

A system for allowing a user of a fantasy sports contest application to maintain a fantasy sports team roster, the system comprising:

• means for allowing the user to create a fantasy sports team roster;
• means for automatically evaluating one or more athletes on the fantasy sports team roster based on one or more single game performance criteria and one or more long term game performance criteria, wherein the one or more long term game performance criteria are at least partially based on the one or more single game performance criteria;
• means for automatically evaluating one or more athletes not on the fantasy sports team roster based on the one or more single game performance criteria and the one or more long term game performance criteria;
• means for automatically displaying an alert to the user, the alert having at least one recommended change to be made to the fantasy sports team roster based on the evaluations and a plurality of selectable elements related to the at least one recommended change, wherein the alert is displayed at one or more preset times before a start of a round of a fantasy sports contest, and wherein the at least one recommended change includes an exchange of at least one athlete on the fantasy sports team roster for at least one athlete not on the fantasy sports team roster;
• means for receiving from the user a selection of one of the plurality of selectable elements related to the at least one recommended change;
• and
• in response to receiving the selection, means for making the at least one recommended change to the fantasy sports team roster.

A computer readable medium encoded with machine-readable instructions, which when processed by processing circuitry, allow a user to maintain a fantasy sports team roster using a user input device in communication with the processing circuitry, the machine-readable instructions comprising:

• allowing the user to create a fantasy sports team roster;
• automatically evaluating one or more athletes on the fantasy sports team roster based on one or more single game performance criteria and one or more long term game performance criteria, wherein the one or more long term game performance criteria are at least partially based on the one or more single game performance criteria;
• automatically evaluating one or more athletes not on the fantasy sports team roster based on the one or more single game performance criteria and the one or more long term game performance criteria;
• automatically displaying an alert to the user, the alert having at least one recommended change to be made to the fantasy sports team roster based on the evaluations and a plurality of selectable elements related to the at least one recommended change, wherein the alert is displayed at one or more preset times before a start of a round of a fantasy sports contest, and wherein the at least one recommended change includes an exchange of at least one athlete on the fantasy sports team roster for at least one athlete not on the fantasy sports team roster;
• receiving from the user a selection to of one of the plurality of selectable elements related the at least one recommended change;
• and
• in response to receiving the selection, making the at least one recommended change to the fantasy sports team roster.

A system for allowing a user of a fantasy sports contest application to maintain a fantasy sports team roster, the system comprising:

• a user input device;
• a user output device comprising a display device;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• allow the user to create a fantasy sports team roster;
• automatically evaluate one or more athletes on the fantasy sports team roster based on one or more single game performance criteria and the one or more long term game performance criteria, wherein the one or more long term game performance criteria are at least partially based on the one or more single game performance criteria;
• automatically evaluate one or more athletes not on the fantasy sports team roster based on the one or more single game performance criteria and the one or more long term game performance criteria;
• automatically display an alert to the user, the alert having at least one recommended change to be made to the fantasy sports team roster based on the evaluations and a plurality of selectable elements related to the at least one recommended change, wherein the alert is displayed at one or more preset times before a start of a round of a fantasy sports contest, and wherein the at least one change includes an exchange of at least one athlete on the fantasy sports team roster for at least one athlete not on the fantasy sports team roster;
• receive from the user a selection of one of the plurality of selectable elements related to the at least one recommended change;
• and
• in response to receiving the selection, make the at least one recommended change to the fantasy sports team roster.