All USTA Tennis Leagues in the USTA Texas Section shall follow the regulations set forth in the USTA League Regulation book and in addition be governed by the USTA Texas Operating Procedures and local League Operating Procedures.

1. There must be at least 8 players per team on the adult league with the exception of the 2.5, 5.0, 5.5 and Open division, which must have at least 5 players per team.  The mixed, senior and combo must have at least 6 players per team.

2. There must be a minimum of 3 teams per level to advance to the Texas Sectionals except:  (1) the winner of a  two-team league in 4.5 senior, 2.5 adult men, tri level and 7.0 Super Senior league can advance directly to Sectionals (2) those teams noted in QT info.  (3) mixed, combo, super senior, senior mixed.

3. A local league has the option to limit the number of players on that roster that are at a specific NTRP level. 

4. All Texas leagues shall register on Tennis Link.  All skeletal team rosters for: Adult league must be submitted to Tennis Link by July 1, 2009;  Senior by July 15; Mixed by August 15;  Super Senior /Combo minimum rosters must be submitted by September 15.  Schedules for teams advancing to Sectionals will be based on the registered leagues by those dates.   

5. Players on teams that win a Texas Sectional and advance to National or Intersectional competition must play up at least one level if they wish to play as a  team or disperse to form new teams with no more than three of the rostered players from that winning team (two in 2.5 or 5.0) on any individual team for the following year  (Open and 5.5 do not have to split up).  Local rules limiting the number of players at a specific level will be suspended for one year for that National Championship participating team. Reg 3.03A(6), 3.06C(2) and 45.04B(2).

6. Players who qualify on more than one team for championship competition within a division (ie. Senior, Adult, Mixed being a division) are required to choose which team they will represent at a championship.

7. If a local league does not have a specific rule in place to cover a full team default it must follow the national/sectional championship regulation 3.03M, stating: If a team forfeits an entire team match for any reason during round robin play then all matches of that team in that round robin portion, played or to be played shall be null and void.  If teams in contention have played the defaulting team – those scores will stand.  If there are several round robins within the local competition, this guideline concerns the round robin in question only.

8. In the event of a disqualification locally from a particular level of play the section has determined that self rated players have all matches taken away while computer rated players would have the last match played taken away.  However, at the Sectional level, the Section chooses to calculate dynamic ratings and disqualify those players that meet the criteria for NTRP disqualification following the conclusion of the championship, all points earned by disqualified players at the championship will stand. 

9. When two players on a team show up that are members of two different doubles teams the Section authorizes in this case, the two players be able to play together at the higher position in order to avoid an additional forfeit.

10. A player must play his/her two qualifying matches prior to a local championship with only one default counting. 

11. In order to advance to a National Championship in Adult, Senior or Mixed League, an individual player must have participated in 3 matches during all competition on that specific team with no defaults counting.  Two matches for Super Seniors with a maximum of one default counting for advancing.  A retired match shall count for all players involved. 

12. The local league season ends on the date published in TennisLink as the League Season End Date. The deadline for filing a grievance will be based on the next match in the specific flight and the specific division involving the participant(s) or team(s).  2.02C(1).

13. Spread between members of an individual doubles pair may not exceed 1.0 in Mixed doubles, Super Seniors or Combo.

14. To encourage play, the following action will be taken when a team scheduled for the sectional tournament pulls out within 14 days of the tournament or leaves a  Sectional Championship, causing a full team forfeit before completing all scheduled matches. All players on that forfeiting team can play in their local league the following year but can not advance to any Texas Sectional championship for a period of 12 months including the Sectional they dropped out of for the following year.  The League Coordinator for the city or area in whose league the team played will be notified of the year suspension for all players on the team.  The players through their League Coordinator may appeal their suspension within 14 days of notification to the Sectional Appeals Committee who may grant relief under extenuating circumstances

15. There can be only one player from outside the 50 mile radius of the center of a large city, ie Ftwo, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and Houston.   All other cities can have a maximum of two players from outside the 50 mile radius of the center of their city.  If a player does not have the specific league in one of our designated areas, ie Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, etc, he/she can play in another city without it counting as part of the two out of city  maximum.

16. All USTA Sectional or National Championship matches played by League players will take precedence over the local league matches. Teams and or players who advance to USTA League Championships have the right to request that their lines in a local match be played at some time other than the originally scheduled date.  Only players who will attend the championships as members of their team and play or serve as an alternate; ie a singles player or a member of a doubles team, may request a rescheduling of a local match. Captains of the players advancing are to notify their opposing captain of the conflict as soon as they know of a conflict with their advancement to a Sectional or National Championship.

VERIFICATION
1. If a player was a Super Champ in the past five years, he/she must self rate at or above a 4.5 NTRP level; former High School players can not play below the 3.0 level.

2. The years of valid rating starting with the 2007 championship year will be reduced from five (5) years to three (3) years for those individuals 59 and under and from three (3) years to two (2) years for those individuals 60 years and over.  If intervening circumstances (such a as disabling injury or illness) indicate that such a rating may be too high, the player may request a reconsideration of such rating in accordance with procedures established by the Section.

3. Players new to the league may self rate on Tennis Link.  Self-rate Grievances must go to the Section League Grievance Comm. Reg. 2.02C(4) and 2.02D(4).

4. If, during the league season, a player is moved to a higher level of play, he/she must meet the two match eligibility requirement prior to the local playoffs at the higher level to advance to Sectionals with that higher level team

5. No dynamic disqualification of Year-end Computer (C ) or Benchmark (B ) players.  So . . . who can be dynamically disqualified?  NTRP published level followed by A (appeal-all), S (self –rated), M (mixed exclusive), T (tournament exclusive), D (dynamic rating-usually an Early Start Rating moved down) in the Adult and Senior divisions through the section Championships.