Fantasy Sports News Alert

Abstract

A method of providing an on line service to fantasy sports players who own, draft or manage fictional teams of professional athletes which compete against each other where the service is notifying a fantasy sports manager of last minute near real time sports updates relating to football, baseball or basketball of breaking information/lineup change information. The information enables the fantasy sports manager to quickly make a change to the lineup of his/her team and the fantasy sport manager, upon receiving the breaking information about a change that has occurred that affects the fantasy manager's daily lineup can quickly make a change to his/her team lineup to obtain a competitive edge.

1 . A method of providing an on line service to fantasy sports players who own, draft or manage fictional teams of professional athletes which compete against each other comprises:
 notifying a fantasy sports manager of last minute near real time sports updates relating to football, baseball or basketball of breaking information/lineup change information to enable the fantasy sports manager to quickly make a change to the lineup of his/her team;   wherein the fantasy sport manager upon receiving the breaking information about a change that has occurred that affects the fantasy manager's daily lineup can quickly make a change to his/her team lineup to obtain a competitive edge.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy sports manager is notified by standard email on a subscription basis. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy sports manager is notified by email without advertising for a charge. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the fantasy sports manager is notified by text message on a subscription basis where the price is determined by the maximum number of messages per month. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the daily roster of a team is checked one half hour prior to game time and compared to the actual lineup wherein if the user has placed a player on his roster who isn't in the lineup, the user will be sent a text message or email notifying him/her of this fact. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of baseball the player can track up to 25 players, wherein the lineup list issued by MLB 90 minutes before game time is used to trigger automatic notification to registered users for tracked players where a tracked player appears on the 25 man roster but does not appear in the daily lineup. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of baseball the player can track up to 25 players, wherein the lineup list issued by MLB 90 minutes before game time is used to trigger automatic notification to registered users for tracked players where a tracked player has been moved to the DL, sent to the minors, placed on the inactive list, or removed from the 25 man roster for any reason. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of baseball the player can track up to 25 players, wherein the lineup list issued by MLB 90 minutes before game time is used to trigger automatic notification to registered users for tracked players where a tracked player is removed from the DL for any reason. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of baseball the player can track up to 25 players, wherein the lineup list issued by MLB 90 minutes before game time is used to trigger automatic notification to registered users for tracked players where a tracked player is traded to another team. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of baseball the player can track up to 25 players, wherein the lineup list issued by MLB 90 minutes before game time is used to trigger automatic notification to registered users for tracked players where a pitcher is scheduled to make a start. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of football the player can track up to 20 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is on the NFL active/inactive list released by NFL approximately 45 minutes prior to gametime. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of football the player can track up to 20 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is added to NFL injury list, listed as questionable or listed as probable. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of football the player can track up to 20 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is removed from the active roster. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of football the player can track up to 20 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is added to the active roster. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of football the player can track up to 20 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is traded. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of football the player can track up to 20 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when manual notifications by monitoring various media outlets including pre-game broadcasts indicate whether a player will play in a game or not. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of basketball the player can track up to 12 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is added to NBA injury list. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of basketball the player can track up to 12 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is removed from active roster. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of basketball the player can track up to 12 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is added to the active roster. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1  wherein for the fantasy game of basketball the player can track up to 12 players, wherein automatic notification to registered users for tracked players is triggered when a tracked player is traded. 
     
     
         21 . (canceled)