Method for conducting championship playoff

Abstract

A method for conducting a postseason championship playoff series of sporting events includes the initial step of determining the total number of teams to participate in the postseason series by multiplying the total number of teams in the league by a minority influence value of 0.37. A postseason tournament is then conducted with the first round of events comprised of games of the postseason teams based upon rankings at the end of the regular season. The winners of the first round are then re-seeded and additional rounds of events are conducted until a champion is determined.

1 . A method for conducting a championship playoff series of sporting events among a league of 32 teams divided into four divisions of eight teams each, each team playing a plurality of games during a “regular season, comprising the steps of: 
 ranking the teams from highest to lowest after the end of the regular season, whereby a higher ranking is better than a lower ranking;    determining a total number of teams to participate in a postseason series;    selecting the postseason teams beginning with the highest ranked team and proceeding down until the determined number of post-season teams has been selected;    conducting a postseason championship tournament with the postseason teams, comprising the steps of:    seeding the postseason teams before a first round of events;    conducting a first round of events in order to eliminate first round losers from further participation;    conducting additional rounds of events until a single champion is determined.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the total number of teams to participate in the postseason series includes the step of multiplying the total number of teams in the league by a value of 0.50 or lower and rounding the results to the nearest integer.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the total number of teams to participate in the postseason series includes the step of multiplying the total number of teams in the league by a value of approximately one divided by three and rounding the results to the nearest integer.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of determining the total number of teams to participate in the postseason series includes the step of multiplying the total number of teams in the league by a minority value of 0.37, and rounding the results to the nearest integer.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein there are four total rounds in the postseason championship tournament.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of determining a single division champion in each division, according to the rankings at the end of the regular season.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the step of conducting a first round of events for a postseason championship tournament, and wherein at least division champions receive a bye for first round events.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , where upon completion of said first round of events of a the postseason championship tournament, the teams which are able to participate in additional rounds of events of the postseason championship tournament are re-seeded prior to the step of conducting additional rounds of events.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the total number of regular season games played by each team is determined by a multiple of base 8.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the playing of a number of out-of-division games by an individual participant is determined by multiplying the total number of out-of-division teams by a minority value of 0.37, whereby results are rounded to the nearest integer.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the total number of regular season games played by each team is determined by a multiple of base 11.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the playing of a number of out-of-division games by an individual participant is determined by subtracting the number of in-division opponents from the total number of regular season games played.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the play of regular season games by individual participants follows a general sequence, comprising the steps of: 
 out-of-division games are played first;    in-division games are played next; and    at least an out-of-division game with the traditional rival is played last.    
   
   
       14 . A method for conducting a championship playoff series of sporting events among a league of X number of teams, each team playing a plurality of games during a “regular” season, comprising the steps of: 
 ranking the teams from highest to lowest after the end of the regular season, whereby a higher ranking is better than a lower ranking;    determining a total number of teams to participate in a postseason series by multiplying the total number of teams in the league by a value of 0.50 or lower;    selecting the postseason teams beginning with the highest ranked team and proceeding down until the determined number of post-season teams has been selected;    conducting a postseason championship tournament with the postseason teams, comprising the steps of:    seeding the postseason teams before a first round of events;    conducting a first round of events in order to eliminate first round losers from further participation;    conducting additional rounds of events until a single champion is determined.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 14 , where upon completion of said first round of events of the postseason championship tournament, the teams which are able to participate in additional rounds of the postseason championship tournament are re-seeded before conducting said additional rounds of events.