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2007 Alabama State Regulations
(Adult/Senior Divisions)
The USTA League Regulations can be found on USTA.com.
Southern Sectional Regulations can be found at Southerntennis.com. These
National and Southern Regulations have full force and applicability at all
levels of play in the USTA League Tennis Program in Alabama and there is no
authorization to modify, amplify, or change them by players, captains or Local
League Coordinators. The Alabama Tennis Association has appointed the Alabama
State League Coordinator to organize, coordinate and supervise all USTA League
activities on the state level and to interpret the Alabama USTA League
regulations.
1. REGULATIONS: All players, teams and local leagues must
abide by all applicable USTA League, Southern Tennis Association (STA), and ATA
rules and regulations.
A. MEMBERSHIP: All players must be current
members of the USTA through their local league season, and must register for a
team via TennisLink and in accordance with the roster deadlines established by
each local league. ATA dues are $5.00 per player, per team, per league season,
which is paid through local league dues.
2. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES: Grievances shall be handled by USTA
League Tennis Grievance and Appeal Committees at the appropriate level (i.e.
local, and State). Grievance actions may be moved to the next higher
organizational level for action, as deemed necessary by the appropriate
governing body.
A. Self-Rate Eligibility Grievance complaint. The USTA
Southern section will administer Self-Rate Eligibility Grievance complaints.
These complaints should be first delivered to the Local League Coordinator who
will forward to the State League Coordinator who will forward to the Section
League Coordinator who will forward to the Southern Self-Rate Eligibility
Grievance Committee Chairman. This committee will have jurisdiction over
grievances filed against any player and/or captain who commits or condones
entering at one level when their actual skill level is at the top of the next
NTRP level or higher. Self-Rate Eligibility Grievances filed within two weeks
of the start date of the player’s and/or captain’s State championships will be
administered after the event unless the state authorizes the administration of
the grievance prior to that time. If the grievance is not administered until
after the event, points won by players will stand. Disqualified players and/or
captains that are suspended will not be eligible to advance to the next level of
championship play.
3.
NTRP COMPUTER RATINGS AND APPEAL PROCESS
Years of Valid Ratings |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Adult |
X |
X |
X |
Adults 60 & over |
|
60 |
60 |
Players may appeal their NTRP
rating in accordance with the procedures of the USTA NTRP Computer Rating System
and the ATA Appeal Procedures. Match results from NTRP Tournaments and Super
Seniors in TennisLink will be included in the 2007 year-end ratings.
Players aged 60 and older who’s most current computer
rating is from 2004 will be allowed to self-rate in TennisLink.
A: NATIONAL, SECTIONAL AND STATE BENCHMARK RATINGS
All 2006 players may appeal their rating in accordance with the procedures of
the USTA NTRP Computer Rating System, except for those players who advance to
the 2006 National Championships and those players disqualified at any time
during the league year. B: APPEALS TO LOCAL COMPUTER RATINGS:
Local players (those who did not advance to championships competition) that wish
to appeal their current 2004, 2005 or 2006 computer rating must do so in
writing using the appropriate appeal form (found at alabamata.com), and send to
the ATA office. Appeal deadline for year end ratings will be April 1,
2007 with the exception of players that did not play adult or seniors.
C: APPEALS DUE TO DISABLING INJURY OR ILLNESS: A player with a
State or local NTRP computer rating may request a reconsideration of his or her
rating due to a permanent disabling injury or illness by written request to the
NTRP appeals committee. Such written request on physician’s letterhead must be
accompanied by the attending physician’s evaluation of the injury or illness and
any other substantiating information. This physician may not be related to the
player or a member of his/her team. Medical appeals are taken throughout the
year.
4.
ADULT LEAGUE NTRP DISQUALIFICATION AND APPEAL PROCEDURES
A: NTRP appeals are administered at the state level. NTRP
disqualification appeals are considered based solely on missing or incorrect
information.
B: LOCAL:
If a self-rated player is disqualified for that particular level of play, all
matches played by that individual player shall be considered losses and scored
(6-0, 6-0). If a computer rated player is disqualified for that particular
level of play, the individual match that produced the third disqualification
dynamic NTRP rating and any subsequent match won by the player shall be
considered a loss and scored (6-0,6-0). C:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Dynamic ratings will be generated following local play-offs,
state and sectional championships. Points earned by disqualified players will
stand. The disqualified player will not be eligible to advance to the next
level of competition.
PLAYERS PLAYING FALL LEAGUE; D THRU F APPLY
D: Local leagues having USTA League fall season will have (early
start league) ratings generated after the USTA League Sectional Championships
(found at alabamata.com). These ratings are used only in the fall season.
Appeal deadline for early start league ratings will be October 1, 2006.
Final ratings generated in November will be used for winter and springs seasons
for 2007.
E: Final NTRP computer ratings from the 2006 USTA League year will be
published following the National Championships.
F: Leagues playing their local league at the state championships must
recognize their year end rating even if they registered in the fall season.
G: Players may be subject to upward or downward movement between
seasons.
5.
LOCAL LEAGUES
A: Each local league will have a Local League Coordinator with local
league rules submitted and approved by the State League Coordinator, prior to
the start of the local league season. Local League Coordinator shall be
appointed for a period of one league year, subject to yearly renewal. The State
Coordinator shall have final authority in the selection and or retention of all
local league coordinators. Any new league must be approved by the state league
coordinator and then submitted to the league committee.
B: Initial roster deadlines for all senior teams will be no later than
April 1, 2007.
C: Initial roster deadlines for all adult teams will be no later than
May 1, 2007.
D: A city may have a maximum of two league seasons.
E: A team may have no more than 14 players on a roster.
F: A league of (2) teams must play a minimum of three matches.
G: A league of 3 or 4 teams must play a minimum of two round robins.
H: A league of 5, 6, or 7 teams must play a minimum of one round robin.
I: A team winning both seasons with identical rosters for both seasons;
the adult league committee will choose which season’s roster will represent the
local league at the state championships. If a team chooses not to enter the
state championships, the state coordinator must be informed prior to dropping to
the next available team.
J: The team captains for each team shall exchange their team match
cards simultaneously prior to the beginning of the team match.
K: In the event that rain or inclement weather forces the cancellation
and re-scheduling of a team match, unrestricted substitutions from the team
roster may be made in any individual matches that have not begun. This includes
moving a player from one position to another.
L: All teams participating within a local league must abide by all local
league rules. A traveling team from outside a metropolitan area but residing
within the state of Alabama may be denied from playing in a local league. (The
State Coordinator must approve denial)M: In the adult levels, a maximum
of 3 players on a roster may reside outside of the state of Alabama, except 2.5,
5.0, and all senior levels, which may have a maximum of two players.
N: Players may participate in more than one NTRP level within a division
in the same local league during the same season. No scheduling considerations
will be made. A player may play on more than one team within a division in the
same season provided it is in separate local leagues (i.e., a day, night, or
weekend league, or in different cities) the local league has the
authority to accept or deny participation.
O: In order to advance out of local league
to championship an individual player must have participated in 2 matches on that
specific team with no more than one (1) default
counting.
P: In order to advance to
national championship an individual player must have participated in 3
matches during all competition on that specific team
with no defaults counting.
Q: Players who qualify for Championship level competition within a
division must choose which team/NTRP level they will represent at championship
level when entered in the same competition. In any division, a player who has
played on more than one team at the same or different NTRP level must choose to
advance on only one team when entering the State or Sectional championships.
Each State or Sectional championship in a division is considered the “same
competition) if the event is divided into more than one weekend. NOTE: Playing
in two levels may generate a rating at the higher level.
R: Players who qualify for State or Sectional Championships may advance
on (one) adult and (one) senior team but may not advance on two adult or two
senior teams. Players may advance to more than one State’s Championships
provided each state has allowed local league qualification. If eligible players
do not participate at the State Championships, they may participate in the
Sectional and/or National Championships.
S: All Local League play for seniors must be
completed and scores entered on TennisLink no later than April 25,
2007. All Local League play for Adults must be
completed and scores entered on TennnisLink no later than May 20,
2007. State league coordinator may amend these dates as needed.
6: STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
A: Local leagues with the following number of teams per season may
qualify to advance to the State Championships.
2 – 10 Teams: 1 Team
11 – 20 Teams: 2 Teams
21 – 30 Teams: 3 Teams
31 + 4 Teams
State coordinator may issue wild cards as necessary to fill the draw.
B: If there are less than 5 teams in the entire state at any
level, from a minimum of three cities, then the local league shall be played at
the State Championships. For these levels all roster addition deadlines
must occur by April 25 (seniors) and May 20, 2007 (adults). If there are only
two teams in the state at a level the state league coordinator has the authority
to approve a local league being played locally.
C: In order to be eligible for the state championships a 2.0 player can
only play 2.0 locally. All 2.0 teams will be invited to the state
championships. Roster addition deadlines must occur by May 20, 2007.
Players may play at 2.0 level for one year only and must play at 2.5 or higher
the following year.
D: Any Local League having daytime, nighttime, and or weekend leagues
being played within the same season must have a play-off, players may only
advance on one team within the same local league play-off within the same level
play-offs must be structured and approved by the State Coordinator, (within two
weeks of schedule being published).
E: Players on teams entered in the State Championship that withdraw
after the schedule has been published, will be subject to a grievance being
filed by the State League Coordinator. All entry fees will be forfeited.
F: At the State Championships all matches will be the best of two sets
and the set tiebreak shall be used at 6-all in each set. In lieu of a third
set, a match tiebreak shall be played. There will be no rest period or
coaching. The match tiebreak shall be scored as 1 set and 1 game for tiebreak
procedures in the event of a tie. The scoring in the event of a default,
forfeit or disqualification shall be 6-0, 6-0. G: A minimum of 8 team
members (adults), 6 team members (seniors), 5 team members (2.5, 5.0) who were
on the final roster of their local league team at the conclusion of local league
play must be available and eligible to compete at the State Championships. The
Tournament committee can reduce that number to not less than four.
H: The USTA League Tennis Alabama Senior State Championship will be
played on May 17-20, 2007 with a possible rain day on the 21st at the Pelham
Racquet Club. Adult 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.5, 5.0 women, and 2.5, 3.0, 4.5, 5.0 men,
will be played June 7-10, 2007, with a possible rain day on the 11th
at the Mobile Tennis Center. Adult 3.5, 4.0 will be played on June 14-17, 2007
with a possible rain day on the 18th at the Mobile Tennis Center.
League Committee
Jeff Burns, Chairman
Ruth Anne Bendall
Jeannie Harrell
Jerrie Ciza
Martie McEnerney
Judy Stalcup
League Sub-Committee
Sharon Dobbs
Becky Taylor
James Giddens
Tony Tumlin
Grievance and Grievance appeals committee
Judy Stalcup
Jeannie Harrell
Steve Riddle
Lynn Lamere
Martie McEnerney
Ruth Anne Bendall
NTRP Medical Appeal Committee
Carl Brutkiewicz
Jeff Burns
Jerrie Ciza