USTA LEAGUE
MAJOR REGULATION CHANGES FOR 2022
- An additional Local League Competition Format option has been approved.
2.01C(2) Partial Round Robin. Each NTRP level within a local league may play a partial round robin competition wherein every team plays the same number of matches against randomly selected opponents. A minimum of the top two teams shall progress to a single elimination playoff to establish a local league champion for that NTRP level.
- Two changes related to 2.01C(2) have been approved for Championship Competition Formats.
2.03D(1)a To establish the champion of a local league that utilized a full round robin competition under 2.01C(1), the Sectional Association shall determine the competition format for the championship competition.
2.03D(1)b To establish the champion of a local league that utilized a partial round robin competition under 2.01C(2), the competition format shall be a minimum of a single elimination playoff between the top two teams at the conclusion of the partial round robin to establish a local league champion for that NTRP level.
- A change to the Grievance Procedures has been approved. Previously, each Section had the option to honor the sanction(s) imposed in another Section. Now, the decision of a Grievance Committee in any Section will apply to the USTA League program in all Sections.
3.03D(4) The decision of the USTA League Grievance Committee shall conform to the USTA League Suspension Point System, which shall be established prior to each League Year by the USTA National League Committee.