The DTA is making a new league for this fall. I am attaching the PDF for those interested. For better or worse, it will not be included in ratings. All of you ratings watchers can actually play for a change. It is even being promoted as a NEW NON-NTRP League.
The document that tell you all about it is here:
Dallas Doubles League
One more thing, we had nearly 2,000 blog views yesterday. We usually have approximately 500. I wish we had more 'ratings' days.
Looks like TCD for men. I remember when we got the survey last year, I guess they were feeling our interest for this league.
ReplyDeleteThis league should be cool. Will the regular fall league count in ratings?
ReplyDeleteThis may not be the only competing league for men this fall...
ReplyDeleteone can only hope, sounds like most anything is better than DTA right now.
DeleteI'm intrigued by this Double D league.
ReplyDeleteIs that a women's or mixed league?
DeleteDestroy the Fall league.
ReplyDeleteBreak the cycle of Sand bagging.
Too big of a $$$ incentive for the DTA. It ain't ever gonna happen. How else will they fund these inner city programs that never pay off?
DeleteCan someone explain why a tennis player would ever go down in his/her skill level?? Once you are 4.0. 4.5, 5.0, or 5.5, you can't really un-learn the skill! You may get fat or you might get whatever injury or you may get bad form because of not playing in a while; and, therefore, you might suck while you lose weight, heal injury, or regain form BUT you are still the level you are.
ReplyDeleteI think once someone achieves certain level, they should never go down lower unless they hit 60 or something...
hey, at this rate Sam hyunh a 3.0 by 2017:
Delete2013 5.0
2014 4.5
2015 4.0
2016 3.5
2017 3.0
So does that mean in 10 years idiot Kelly should be able to play as a 4.0 bec he is 60? The way he is going he may actually be better at 60. Just bec you hit a certain age it shouldnt matter. Sam Hyunh prob only 30 and a 4.0. So when he is 60 a 3.5 or 3.0. Makes no sense. Seems when you hit a certain level you should have to stay there 3 years.
Deleteno, the point I was making that no one can go down in level for whatever reason. That way once you earned a computer rated 4.5, you can only stay at 4.5 or move up. But once you show your great skills at sectionals, and get bumped up to 5.0, then you will stay there for good... I was just suggesting that at some point (like at 60 or 65, it could be allowed to drop half a point)...
DeleteAnd this would solve the issue as you would not have repeat offenders. Self-rates would be the only one to watch out. but eventually, they would get bumped up and not an issue for lower levels...
DeleteI've suggested this for years. Minimum 3 or 5 year period where you have to stay at the level you're moved up too. As to the self-rate issue, you disallow self-rate players from participating in playoffs. Then no ringers hiding all season and coming in and destroying everyone. The problem is there is no way to stop or prove tanking so that will never disappear I fear.
DeleteGood in theory and miserable in practice. When a person that really should not get moved up gets moved, they are screwed for 3 years. Someone good dumps a match to someone bad and they get moved up (happened to me) and then stuck where they don't belong.
DeleteThe system isn't perfect but for 99% of the league it works pretty well. We just have to accept the cheats.
I think it could work in practice just fine. You have to separate the current up/down decisions from what it would be under the new system. The bump decision should incorporate more than just few matches... lol. I think once you beat enough benchmark players in real league matches, QTs, Citi's, etc, then you go up. Just because someone tanked a match against you, you should not be going up.
Deletebut 3-5 years is too little, Corey.
DeleteIf you earned 5.5, you should not be back at 5.0, just like you did in midseason. You should stay there and compete there until you get old, like 60 and maybe then if you are still losing, you should be allowed 0.5 move down. I don't think your forehand get any worse in 3-5 years... lol
So HTA has already told their playoff captains that they have received a wild card for sectionals. I guess no one has heard anything from the DTA. Why doesn't that surprise me?
ReplyDeleteSATA told us we got one. You mean the DTA didn't tell Dallas? What the hell is going on up there? It seems like your local tennis association should want to help their teams rather than handicap them.
DeleteRumor has it that the fall league isn't going to count in ratings either but the DTA isn't going to tell anyone until they all sign up. NO REFUNDS.
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