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I wish National had the guts to hand these "winning" teams the trophy at the end but not take their pictures or do any formal presentation. Of course, it then becomes a slippery slope. If the belief is that it takes a little bit of cheating to get to Nationals, when does it become too much to...

If it is an Adult league type with progression, it counts. Sections have the option to count Adult Other, Mixed Other, Combo, Adult 18 - 39, Tri-Level, & Tournaments.

Don't be shocked when no one from Georgia strikes out at Nationals. Expect all those that won in the sectional final to be 4.5 on December 1.

Combo will not universally count. #lies Tri-Level is always a section choice.

Yes, they can, so long as it's not more than 3 people who were on the same roster and the same level in 2022. Ex: 3 people from a Mixed 18 & Over 8.0 2022 National roster can pair with 19 players from a Mixed 18 & Over 7.0 National roster and 47 players from a Mixed 40 & Over 8.0 National...

Why does anyone refer to TR or TS or any other bogus site for accurate info? (rhetorical)

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Teams that qualify for Nationals must split up. 2.06A(2)

National application. Players may be assigned points at championships by a referee or through the grievance process.

10/31 is correct. It's always the last date for the "Adult" National Championships.

Don't be surprised when a couple of the Intermountain guys receive a year-end 5.0 rating.

This is not true for all sections. Some sections require players to declare a team on which they will play the entirety of the playoffs. If eliminated, they're done. No going back.

Southern should be mandated to come into alignment with the other 16 sections and not be able to play ESL leagues as early as March of the preceding year. As an aside, break off Georgia into its own section, throw Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama into one, Kentucky & Tennessee, and then the...

What's the point of 6.5, 7.5, etc...if at straight level you'd accomplish the same thing? If 7.5 can only be 3.5 & 4.0 players, that's already accomplished at a straight 4.0 level. Is the suggestion that mixed is more balanced when one half of the team is most likely to be clearly at a...

Southern doesn't reverse matches if a player strikes out.

The decision to end family and multiyear memberships is because USTA continues to move toward no universal membership fees. Currently juniors and organizations are free. They don't want to be in a position where someone buys a 5 year membership only to have them asking for a refund because...

Converting 18 & Over and 40 & Over into 3 court leagues. Each league type will offer separately 3 courts of singles and 3 courts of doubles. Less players for captains to have to herd. More opportunities to do what you want. Of course, this must be coupled with split ratings (one for...

Now if you're saying that under a normal 2020 year-end rating a player would have fallen into an acceptable appeal range, I can understand that. Specifically referencing the advice to hit the appeal button, though, doesn't fit that criteria. (That's not the process for the special review.)...

The player's dynamic can change all it wants. The reference point for an appeal is a fixed point in time. If Becky is 2.73 in the year-end publication, she will be denied either up or down all year long. It doesn't matter what her results are. At the time of publication, she was ineligible...

Her advice doesn't make sense unless you were a National benchmark this past year and ineligible for appeal. Since your year-end rating from 2019 will not be any different, the appeal answer should be the same whether made on December 31 or January 1. Under the special review criteria, I would...

DQs only apply to an active season or championship. They do not retroactively reverse matches from past play.

This looks like a 4.0 match. Orange has no net game, otherwise, he should win this easily.

No means no. And, yes means yes.

Yes. Switch ends at the end of a tie break and after the first game of the following set. If playing USTA league, Coman is required at all playoffs. Locally check your rules.

Justified. I've had no problem booting skater dudes. If I was at a skate park with a tennis racket or on a soccer field, I'd expect to get my ass handed to me for being in the wrong...well, maybe not as it would be obvious I didn't have the sense to not be out there in the first place.

This is correct for NTRP ratings.

Keeping the date. Each section and state/district is different and will make their own decisions.

Active is finally trying to create a build in TennisLink to return fees to credit cards or store as credit to future seasons. Target date: June 1

To answer the question, no. True, participation will be down this year but that's due to the coronavirus, and with no vaccine in sight, will likely be the number 1 cause for numbers being down in 2021.

People need to start making peace with 2020 being the year without national progression in recreational league tennis! Grab the pitch forks, take to the streets! Riot......