Patent ID: 7743070

Claim:
A method of sports management by a remote party of an entity owning at least one sports player and having a database for the sports management comprising: relating a current database of a player together with a historical database related to that player; communicating the data between a central database processing resource and at least one remote party; receiving an access request message from the remote party via a communications link; transmitting an access enabling message to the remote party via the communications link wherein the remote party is authorized to access the database, the access enabling message permitting the remote party to access the database and access designated data from the database, the data in the database including historical data relating to the player with the current data related to that player being accessed; compiling a report from the accessed database, the report including the current data of a player together with the historical data related to that player; and transmitting the compiled report of the data of the player to the remote party; the computer providing the remote user with the ability in real time or near real time to submit a decision to a central database, the decision being used to effect the status of said at least one sports player.