Roundball

Abstract

Roundball is a sports event that is based on the same primitive activity that forms the basis of three other games, namely, basketball, 21st Century Challenge America Basketball Game, and Method for Playing a Basketball-Type Game. The latter two are patented. All four are singular games by virtue of their completely different formats. Roundball games are composed of rounds, like boxing matches; and the winner of the game is the team that accumulates the majority of the points in each of the majority of the rounds. Roundball games will be suspenseful from start to finish, with clear and reasonable results. There is good reason to expect that professional Roundball will become a strong competitor for a share of the multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry market. There is no record of anyone else having conceived the same idea; which is strong empirical evidence that your petitioner is the inventor of Roundball.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A game to be played by athletes, in the process of which the players shall try to gain points for their respective teams by trying to pitch a ball into an elevated basket, while players on the opposing team shall try to prevent them from doing so successfully; and which said game shall be composed of a number of rounds, like boxing matches; and the winner of the game shall be the team that accumulates the majority of the points in each of the majority of the rounds. 
     
     
         2 . The game, per claim One, as a consumer product to be sold at retail, in the form of tickets which permit the buyer to witness the creation of the product from start to finish. 
     
     
         3 . The game, per claim One, as a piece of intellectual property in the form of guidelines for an impromptu stage production, in the form of an athletic event to be performed in an enclosed facility. 
     
     
         4 . A game to be played by professional athletes, in the process of which the players shall try to gain points for their respective teams by trying to pitch a ball into an elevated basket, while players on the opposing team shall try to prevent them from doing so successfully; and which said game shall be composed of a number of rounds, like boxing matches; and the winner of the game shall be the team that accumulates the majority of the points in each of the majority of the rounds. 
     
     
         5 . The game, per claim Four, as a consumer product to be sold at retail, in the form of tickets which permit the buyer to witness the creation of the product from start to finish. 
     
     
         6 . The game, per claim Four, as a piece of intellectual property in the form of guidelines for an impromptu stage production, in the form of an athletic event to be performed in an enclosed facility.