Whitepapers

Versioned supporting papers documenting structural models and failure classes. The Universal Sports Graph (USG) remains the active flagship protocol program; these publications provide context and orientation for that work.

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The Sports Spin-Off

A Long-Term Hedging Strategy for Higher Ed Institutions Facing Demographic Decline

Published: 04/17/2025

Updated: 01/04/2026

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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.