Patent ID: 6597960
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method for creating parity between live team competitors prior to or during an interactive competition wherein said teams are unequally matched, said method comprising:providing an objective matrix for grading members of two opposing teams scheduled to engage in a team competition, wherein individual team members of each team, or the entire team, are rated on a common scale relative to factors effecting performance, including factors relative to other team members on said individual's own team, and factors relative to a counter-part on said opposing team; assigning a value to such rating of said individual team member or team; assessing an individual member's contribution to his or her team's effort relative to said opposing team within a game plan, based upon said individual or team's rating relative to members on said opposing team; adjusting said game plan on the basis of said individual members or team's rating to control interactive play between said teams prior to or during said interactive competition; and wherein said adjusted game plan assigns players of one of the opposing teams to positions of play other than their favored or preferred positions.