Why?

[LawnChairGeneral]

Have you ever been a captain? If so, you should know that rescheduling is the biggest pain in the ass in the world. Especially, if your home courts are at a facility that hosts lots of USTA teams so that all the courts are reserved months in advance. Good luck in trying to find an open block of time for 5 courts at the same time when everyone is available anytime in the near future.

Why do you have to reschedule all the matches for the same time and location? I exchange lineups and contact info with the other captain and we distribute to the players. It's up to them to make-up the match on their own time. Make-up matches do not have to be played at the original home court. In my area, there are plenty of public neighborhood courts that people can use on the weekends. Maybe this is a regional issue. Public courts are probably harder to come by in places like New York.

 

[Gugafan_Redux]

I've been playing with groups and guys through word of mouth and friends of friends for years. The one year I played league was not nearly as fun for me. Too much BS about the rules, paying, organizing, rosters. I am not in it for super intense competition. But I'm not in it to make friends or chit chat, either, though I will make friends, and we will get to know one another a little.

Mainly we just play tennis to the best of our ability, play to win and improve, but not to dominate, ascend any ladder or rankings, or make up for inadequacies in our lives.

Wednesday night this week it was 90 degrees. We met a 5 and played for 4 hours, until it was too dark to see the ball. I'll take that over dealing with opponent's and captains egos and BS anyday.

There are different personality types, and each treats competition and sports in different ways. If you're gonna play league, you're gonna run into ay holes.

 

[PushyPushster]

Have you ever been a captain? If so, you should know that rescheduling is the biggest pain in the ass in the world. Especially, if your home courts are at a facility that hosts lots of USTA teams so that all the courts are reserved months in advance.

Never been a problem. Our captain hands us the contact info of the opposing line and we report back the score. In Atlanta, we've got every kind of Flex league I've ever heard about - USTA, Ultimate Tennis, Peach Tennis, T2, and more. Finding a court isn't a problem (they certainly aren't booked *months* in advance), and it doesn't sound like it's a big problem for the OP either. This seems like more of an issue for Mr. Richie Rich, who thinks everyone should shell out $15 on demand so that he can avoid a minor hiccup to his schedule.