Patent ID: 8727888

Claim:
A computer-implement process of fan participation in draft selection of players for a professional sports team comprising: adding, by the computer, a fan round after draft rounds of selection of players; ranking, by the computer, a plurality of players remaining after the draft rounds of players selection, wherein the ranking is based on performance data for each player from a players database; publishing, by the computer, the performance data for each player remaining after the draft rounds of players selection; selecting, by the computer, a voting structure; informing, by the computer, at least one fan of said voting structure; providing, at the computer, for fan participation in said voting structure, said fan participation comprising casting at least one vote for an undrafted player selected from the plurality of players remaining after the draft rounds of players selection and wherein said fan participation results in a plurality of votes, each said vote in favor of an undrafted player; tallying, by the computer, said plurality of votes by a pre-determined tallying means; and selecting, by the computer, a winner, wherein said winner is drafted by said professional sports team.