2007 USTA Tri-Level League
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TRI-LEVEL LEAGUE
2007 ALABAMA REGULATIONS, amended 05/30/07
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: OCT. 25-28
GULF SHORES, AL
Play is governed by the Rules of Tennis; “The Code” as contained in the current
USTA yearbook and the following state rules:
1. All players must be current members of USTA
during the entire league season and must register for a team via TennisLink. Any
player that progresses to championship levels in this program must be a current
USTA member through each championship progression.
2. All players must reach 19 years of age during the
calendar year in which they play their first local league match.
3. Failure to meet the above requirements will make the
player ineligible for each match played and points earned while ineligible will
be removed.
4. Players participating in the tri-level league program
acknowledge the risks associated with playing competitive tennis, accept those
risks voluntarily, and in consideration of their acceptance in the program
assume all risks for bodily injury, waive all claims for injury and property
damage and release and hold harmless Alabama Tennis Association and any host
facility, their officials, employees and agents with respect to any injury or
loss caused by negligence or otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law.
5. Each local league will have a Local League
Coordinator offering only one season of local play. Local league rules must be
submitted to the State League Coordinator within two weeks of the captains
meeting. The Local League Coordinator shall be appointed for a period of one
league year subject to a yearly renewal. The State League Coordinator shall have
final authority in the selection and retention of all local league coordinators.
6. Each local league must have a minimum of two or more
teams at a given level consisting of a minimum of six players of the same gender
and a maximum of fourteen per level. Team roster entry deadline for local
leagues will be no later than September 15, 2007. All local league play must be
concluded by September 30, 2007
A team must have a minimum of two eligible doubles teams available for play in
each match or the entire match must be forfeited. Any tri-level may be divided
into flights and each team shall play every other team in its flight. The flight
winners may enter a playoff structure to establish a local league champion for
that tri- level.
7. The NTRP computer rating program is the official
system for rating levels of competition in this program. Players without a NTRP
computer rating may self-rate in accordance with the NTRP guidelines. NTRP
computer ratings from 2004, 2005 and 2006 will be used for the 2007 Alabama
Tri-Level league.
8. The format of play will be three individual doubles
matches per team match.
tri-levels offered in this program are Adult Women 2.5 through 3.5 and Adult
Women 3.5 through 4.5. Adult men tri-levels offered are 3.0 through 4.0, 3.5
through 4.5 and an invitational level 4.0 through 5.0. Highest NTRP level plays
at the highest position, i.e. 3.5 #1 doubles, 3.0 #2 doubles and 2.5 #3 doubles.
9. A maximum or two players residing outside
the state of Alabama is allowed on a roster.
10. All players must play 1 match locally to be eligible for
further competition. A forfeited match shall count as a match played for the
players receiving the forfeit,
but not for the players who forfeited. A retired match shall count for all
players involved. An individual player may play in only one doubles match within
each team match.
11. Players may participate on more than one team;
however, a player may not play on more than one adult team in the same tri-level
(unless playing in different local leagues). In local leagues where levels are
divided into flights, players may not play in more than one flight.
12. Players who qualify for advancement to state
championships within a division must choose which tri-level they will represent.
13. State Championship Eligibility:
2-10 teams 1 team advances to state
11 – 20 teams 2 teams advance to state
21 – 30 teams 3 teams advance to state
If a team forfeits an entire match or fields only one court during round robin
play
at the state championships then all matches of that team played or to be played
may be considered null and void. If all teams in contention for the championship
have already played the forfeiting team in good faith, those matches stand as
played. The state may impose further sanctions or penalties on said team.
No substitution may be made in an individual match at the state championship
after the lineup has been presented, except for injury to or illness of a
player,
prior to the start of such match, and except under further circumstances as the
championship committee may authorize. If the substitution is made during the
warm-up, the substitute player is entitled to a five (5) minute warm-up.
Grievance complaints at the state championships shall be processed through the
championship grievance or grievance appeal committees. Decisions of such
Grievance Appeal Committees by a majority shall be final and binding. All
complaints shall be filed against the player or team complained against, (a) by
the
team captain of the team who competed in the match where the alleged violation
occurred, (b) by a league coordinator or (c) by a member of a championship
committee. All complaints alleging a violation during championship competition
shall be in writing and delivered to the duly appointed site director within
thirty minutes of completion of the team match.
The grievance committee and grievance appeal committee members are:
Jeff Burns
Jeannie Harrell
Steve Riddle
Judy Stalcup
Martie McEnerney
Steve Riddle
W. Red Wilder
Emily Baker
Lynn Lamere
Kevin Kelly
Ken Vines
Christine Slaughter
