Swing-Speed Golf League With Automatic Scheduling for Short Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Professional golf and long-drive events have high barriers to entry and are difficult to watch live, with limited broadcast schedules and excessive costs, making them inaccessible to many golfers and viewers.
Innovation Solution
A novel sports league system that allows professional-level golfers to compete in daily, 5-minute events with minimal qualifying and no entry fees, using swing speed classifications to match competitors, and a system for automatic event scheduling and odds-making based on performance data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If professional golf and long-drive events use traditional qualification processes, then professional-level competition is maintained, but barriers to entry become excessively high and access is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the competition into multiple divisions based on skill level (e.g., scratch, bogey, par 3, par 4 categories). This allows players of different abilities to compete in appropriate groups while maintaining professional-level events for elite players, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining professionalism and improving accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic event formats where competition structure adapts based on player skill levels and event requirements. Events can be configured with different formats (individual, team, handicap-based) that dynamically adjust to accommodate both amateur and professional players, maintaining competition integrity while expanding access.
2Reliability
If traditional golf events are structured for professional competition, then competition quality is maintained, but broadcastability and viewer engagement are reduced due to long durations and limited schedules
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides traditional long-format golf events into multiple shorter, segmented events that can be broadcast in rapid succession. By creating multiple 5-minute events per day across different time zones, the system maintains competition quality while dramatically increasing broadcast density and viewer engagement opportunities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements continuous event scheduling across multiple time zones, ensuring that golf action is always happening somewhere and can be broadcast continuously. This eliminates dead air between events and maintains constant viewer engagement while preserving the quality of professional competition through structured formats.
3Ease of operation
If entry fees and qualifying processes are reduced, then accessibility to golfers improves, but event organization complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service features where players automatically qualify for events based on their skill level and available time slots. The system handles player matching, event assignment, and scheduling automatically, reducing the need for manual organization while maintaining equitable access for all players regardless of financial resources.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes key organizational parameters such as event duration (5 minutes), frequency (multiple per day), and structure (division-based) to enable low-cost operation. These parameter changes allow the system to maintain high accessibility while keeping organizational complexity manageable through standardized, repeatable event formats.
4Ease of operation
If traditional wagering methods are used, then betting simplicity is maintained, but engagement and interactivity are limited due to lack of real-time action
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates real-time feedback mechanisms where wagering odds and betting opportunities update dynamically based on event progress, player performance, and live conditions. This maintains the simplicity of traditional wagering while dramatically increasing engagement through continuous interaction with unfolding competition results.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic wagering opportunities that sync with the rhythmic structure of short events. By offering betting opportunities at regular intervals between and during events, the system maintains wagering simplicity while creating multiple engagement points that keep viewers actively involved throughout the broadcast schedule.
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AI summary
A system and method for operating and wagering on a novel sports league. In a preferred, non-limiting embodiment, the novel sports league can incorporate and conduct golf long-drive events in which participants with similar average swing speeds can compete against each other. Men, women, and seniors may also compete against each other as equals within specific swing speed classifications. All competitors can be ranked (regardless of swing speed classification) based on their overall performance average, which can preferably include provisions for accuracy. The collection of statistical data from concluded events can permit proper scheduling of future events to assure further equity amongst all competitors and may also facilitate odds-making for wagering on a future event, which can include, but it not considered limited to, parimutuel wagering.