Were we able to get involved in the World Cup….America finally cared for the first time!

Hey Paul, not sure how to navigate the site yet….but I wanted to say thanks for your hard work and it is nice to see old friends again. Also, is the a forum that is open, just haven’t found it yet Regards, John PS @ Chris i didn’t know this was here and i sent [...]

The legal ability to pay a royalty on the total trade volume to the underlying (in this case, the league and/or team) has been vetted for regulatory compliance and by MLB and NHL in terms of receiving the funds as a gross licensing revenue. There is no conflict of interest because the commissions are not [...]

You have said the SRI can be used for hedging by teams. And you have also said the teams would have a vested interest in the SRI, possibly getting a percentage of each share traded. I don’t think the CFTC or SEC will allow teams to trade in derivitives they are getting income from. Can [...]

You’re welcome, Allan. And, yes, your assessment of how to frame the education for the different segments of our audience is dead-on right. We need to find the most common-sense approach for explaining the SRI to all of our major market segments and put that together in a format that can be delivered online .. [...]

Here are some trading examples based on the MLB SRI as modeled, tested and defined in the patent documents:

http://thenewsportseconomy.com/?attachment_id=90

Thanks for the clarification Chris. If our goal is to educate the public and ourselves, I think it would be helpful to confirm our own understanding of the SRI. This Group can start by identifying the archived document that provides the best overview of the SRI product. Studying this document will help ensure we have [...]

A challenge can take place at any point during the present prosecution period until allowance by the USPTO. There is no fixed timeline for this. The best information I can find indicates 18-24 months from now. We have “patent pending” status presently with our priority date being December 22, 2008. That is the earliest date [...]

Welcome, Everyone. Please pass around news of this site to anyone you know who might not be aware. This includes people who may be newly interested. The most important task right now is to brainstorm ideas on how to educate everyone on the product. Since this will be the first truly large-scale retail index futures [...]

Hey guys, it has been a long time. Glad to see everyone here. Keep up the good work Chris.

I thought I read an update that referenced the period of time the patent is subject to challenge after publication. Does anyone know what that time period is?

Secondly, what would be the next steps or phase in the evolution of the SRI after publication or expiration of the challenge period?

Thanks,

Nice to see this open. Hello everyone sorry about the pic I’ll change it after I go golfing. Hope this works out so Chris and the rest of the team could take the needed break from this possible life changing event. Well and for the rest of us also who believe. Take care and I [...]

Glad to b back, knew it never went away…knew work was going on. Nice to see some ole friends!

Great to be back! It has been far too long since I have talked with some of you guys. How is everyone doing?!