Unforced Terrors
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The 4.0 team that represented Orange County swept sectionals and are headed to nationals. No surprise since OC has always been tough to beat and their captains know how to work the system.
Anyways, 2 of their players were DQ'ed. Apparently, the DQ's came off of 3 strikes (both players were self rated and their captain wisely only used them twice during the regular season). Since the DQ's came off strikes, the matches still count and the team still gets to go on to nationals (without their DQ'ed stars).
It is a shame that the matches still count and that the second place team doesn't get to advance to nationals even though they deserve it more.
It is nice that action was taken to DQ them, but the USTA should look into more penalties for teams abusing the self rates and hiding players just for the postseason.
Thoughts?
Anyways, 2 of their players were DQ'ed. Apparently, the DQ's came off of 3 strikes (both players were self rated and their captain wisely only used them twice during the regular season). Since the DQ's came off strikes, the matches still count and the team still gets to go on to nationals (without their DQ'ed stars).
It is a shame that the matches still count and that the second place team doesn't get to advance to nationals even though they deserve it more.
It is nice that action was taken to DQ them, but the USTA should look into more penalties for teams abusing the self rates and hiding players just for the postseason.
Thoughts?