Fantasy sports gaming with promotion and relegation

Abstract

A fantasy sports gaming system and method that uses a multi-tiered promotion and relegation pyramid model structure to reward winners and losers of head to head fantasy sports game league competitions. The promotion and relegation model provides for the league championship winners to compete in a head to head competition for an annual grand championship trophy, accolades, cash rewards and bragging rights.

1 . A fantasy sports gaming system, the system comprising:
 a fantasy sports gaming website hosting a plurality of fantasy sports games;   a webpage and database;   a server connecting a plurality of fantasy sports managers and players to the fantasy game hosting website;   means for creating fantasy game teams;   means for choosing league score settings;   means for acquiring players through draft or auction;   means for league championships;   means for competition between league championship winners through a promotion and relegation pyramid model; and   means for crowning an annual grand champion.   
     
     
         2 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy game teams are created by the fantasy sports managers and players registering on the fantasy sports gaming website. 
     
     
         3 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy sports managers and players choose their own league scoring settings for their teams. 
     
     
         4 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy sports managers and players acquire players for their teams through draft or auction. 
     
     
         5 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the league championships are determined by head to head contest between players within each league. 
     
     
         6 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein competition between league championship winners through the promotion and relegation pyramid model is by promotion of league competition winners to the upper tier of the pyramid, and relegation of league championship losers to the lower tier of the promotion and relegation pyramid model. 
     
     
         7 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the crowning of the annual grand champion is through a head to head competition between league championship winners. 
     
     
         8 . The fantasy sports gaming system of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy sports managers and players have the opportunity to have individually customizable gaming analytics created and self analysis performed through the fantasy laboratory. 
     
     
         9 . A fantasy sports gaming method, the method comprising:
 a fantasy sports manager or player visiting a fantasy sports gaming website;   joining a fantasy game league offered by the website;   choosing league scoring settings;   creating a fantasy sports game team;   acquiring players through draft or auction;   playing through the season;   playing through the playoffs;   crowning a league champion;   entering a league championship contest;   promotion of winners and relegation of losers through a multi-tiered promotion and relegation model pyramid structure; and   crowning an annual grand champion.   
     
     
         10 . The fantasy sports gaming method of  claim 9  wherein a league champion is crowned by having a head to head competition between two members of the same league. 
     
     
         11 . The fantasy sports gaming method of  claim 9  wherein the league championship winners are promoted to the upper pinnacle tier of the promotion and relegation model pyramid structure and the losers are relegated to the lower tier of the promotion and relegation model pyramid structure. 
     
     
         12 . The fantasy sports gaming method of  claim 9  wherein the annual grand champion is crowned by having a head to head competition between league championship winners who reach the upper pinnacle tier of the promotion and relegation model pyramid structure. 
     
     
         13 . The fantasy sports gaming method of  claim 9  wherein in order to maintain an equal number of teams in all the leagues some wild card entrants may be promoted to the upper tier of the promotion and relegation model pyramid structure. 
     
     
         14 . The fantasy sports gaming method of  claim 9  wherein the managers and players have an opportunity to have individually customizable gaming analytics created and self analysis performed through the fantasy laboratory.