Competitive scoring system

Abstract

A won/lost record system for an athletic event includes awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a first period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a second period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a third period standing points for that period, awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a fourth period standing points for that period, awarding the team having a greater score at the end of the game standing points for the game, and summing the standing points awarded throughout the game to obtain a game record total for each team. Standing points for periods in which both teams accumulate the same score are awarded at the end of the next period in which one team accumulates a greater score than the other team.

1 . A won/lost record system for an athletic event having independent periods constituting a game, said athletic event having first and second teams that accumulate respective first and second scores throughout the athletic event in accordance with rules of the athletic event, said system comprising: 
 awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a first period standing points for said period;    awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a second period standing points for said period;    awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a third period standing points for said period;    awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a fourth period standing points for said period;    awarding the team having a greater score at the end of the game standing points for the game;    summing the standing points awarded throughout the game to obtain a game record total for each team;    wherein neither team is awarded a standing point at the end of a period in which each team accumulated the same score.    
   
   
       2 . The system as set forth in  claim 1  wherein standing points for a period in which each team accumulated the same score are awarded at the end of the next period in which a team accumulates a greater score than the other team, so that the team that accumulates the greater score in said next period is awarded standing points for said next period and for said period in which both teams accumulated the same score.