Start Here

This work is organized as a set of research systems. Some artifacts define protocols and reference infrastructure. Others apply the same method to public policy, institutional design, and operational mechanisms.

The best way to read the site is in layers: start with the core paper, move into the formal or operational artifact, then inspect the implementation surface.

Path 1

Protocol Infrastructure

The Universal Sports Graph (USG) is the flagship protocol stack. It begins as a whitepaper, becomes an RFC specification, and continues into registry and resolver infrastructure.

1
The Universal Sports Graph

The blueprint whitepaper introducing USG as neutral infrastructure for representing sports rights as interoperable data.

2
RFC 0001 — The Universal Sports Graph

The formal specification defining the protocol architecture, access model, and settlement logic.

3
USG Reference Registry

The canonical data layer: stable identifiers, schema-backed records, and versioned registry state.

4
USG Resolver

The read-only reference surface for resolving canonical USG records.

Path 2

Institutional Systems

The Shutdown Stabilizer shows the same method applied to public policy: define the structural failure, translate it into an operational mechanism, then formalize it into law.

1
The Shutdown Stabilizer

The whitepaper reframing shutdowns as a structural credit problem for essential federal workers.

2
Implementation Outline

The operational framework for activation, payroll continuity, and reconciliation.

3
The Shutdown Stabilizer Act

The statute-ready draft formalizing the authority, safeguards, and capacity required.

4
Operational Simulation

A 30-day scenario showing how the mechanism behaves during an active shutdown.

Additional work extends this method across labor systems, media infrastructure, education, mobility, energy, and public institutional design.

The Approach

Scott Jellen is an independent researcher focused on protocol design, rights modeling, and interoperability across digital and public systems. His flagship work, the Universal Sports Graph (USG), defines a neutral infrastructure layer for representing sports rights through published RFCs and a versioned reference registry. Additional briefs and whitepapers explore how incentive clarity and structural design shape scalable institutions.

© 2026 Scott Jellen. Licensing varies by publication.