The ITA has officially withdrawn the proposed rule changes following our collective pressure. We successfully maintained the traditional scoring format for the upcoming season. My focus now shifts to monitoring league communications to ensure these specific adjustments remain off the table permanently.
September 23, 2014
Final supporters
These changes include:
No-ad scoring in singles and doubles.Three doubles matches played with no-ad scoring, each match one set to 6, with a tie-break at 6-all. Followed (after a 10 minute intermission) by six singles matches with no-ad scoring, each match 2 out of 3 sets, with tie-breaks at 6-all. No Warm-up with opponents (in doubles and in singles)Clinch/Clinch: Once the doubles point has been clinched, the remaining doubles match shall be stopped. And in singles, once the team match has been clinched, any remaining singles matches shall be stopped (unless otherwise agreed upon by both coaches prior to the start of the dual meet match).
Please help us fight these changes and save college tennis!!
Updates
September 3, 2014
The scale of this response confirms the need for a direct dialogue with the ITA board. I am currently coordinating a meeting with representatives to present these objections and discuss the impact on match integrity.
Reached 100 supporters
September 3, 2014
22 Comments
These rule changes are an attack on the fundamental rules of tennis. It is absurd to think there is any good reason to make changes like this.
Leave it up to the players; not a group of people sitting behind desks with closed ears who preach otherwise. True tennis players and fans stay loyal to the game for the way it's intended to be played and scored.
mayne fuck the ITA now even less people will care bout college tennis nigga nows it's all about them club tennis
This will drive spectators away. Many spectators love doubles and shortening the format makes it not worth the time to come and who wants to begin watching a good match only to have it called before completion.
If the reason of these changes is bringing more spectators for the matches, these changes are not the only and (for sure!) not the best solutions! Well thought marketing campaign promoting tennis among the college students and the whole community is needed. Cutting down matches would make others to think about us as if we would play not a professional/ not serious sport at all. Tennis is a great sport to play and to watch! And the longest matches are the most interesting ones and the ones we learn as a players and teams from! Students have spent about 15 years on average on it, and having all these limitations would be a big disappointment for us and for our relatives and friends because we love tennis and as athletes work hard enough to be respected.
Shortening our game is not the way to attract new fans to the sport - in fact it will probably turn away many loyal fans who enjoy the competition and "it's never too late to come back" nature of the sport. Proponents of the change may argue that tennis is the only sport that doesn't have a time limit. But other sports, although they have a time limit, can be unpredictably long as well - they may go into overtime, and the clock may stop for longer periods. Not having a time limit is what makes tennis a beautiful sport. If the goal is to attract fans, we need to do a better job marketing the sport, supporting players and coming up with creative incentives for fans to come watch the game. Changing the game itself isn't going to help tennis- it's going to help a new and separate sport, "mini-tennis"
These rules are not necessary.
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The ITA has officially withdrawn the proposed rule changes following our collective pressure. We successfully maintained the traditional scoring format for the upcoming season. My focus now shifts to monitoring league communications to ensure these specific adjustments remain off the table permanently.
September 23, 2014
Final supporters
These changes include:
No-ad scoring in singles and doubles.Three doubles matches played with no-ad scoring, each match one set to 6, with a tie-break at 6-all. Followed (after a 10 minute intermission) by six singles matches with no-ad scoring, each match 2 out of 3 sets, with tie-breaks at 6-all. No Warm-up with opponents (in doubles and in singles)Clinch/Clinch: Once the doubles point has been clinched, the remaining doubles match shall be stopped. And in singles, once the team match has been clinched, any remaining singles matches shall be stopped (unless otherwise agreed upon by both coaches prior to the start of the dual meet match).
Please help us fight these changes and save college tennis!!
Updates
September 3, 2014
The scale of this response confirms the need for a direct dialogue with the ITA board. I am currently coordinating a meeting with representatives to present these objections and discuss the impact on match integrity.
Reached 100 supporters
September 3, 2014
22 Comments
Us D1 players that tried and still trying to make it at pro level. Value playing with the same rules as Pro players do.
These rule changes are an attack on the fundamental rules of tennis. It is absurd to think there is any good reason to make changes like this.
Leave it up to the players; not a group of people sitting behind desks with closed ears who preach otherwise. True tennis players and fans stay loyal to the game for the way it's intended to be played and scored.
mayne fuck the ITA now even less people will care bout college tennis nigga nows it's all about them club tennis
This will drive spectators away. Many spectators love doubles and shortening the format makes it not worth the time to come and who wants to begin watching a good match only to have it called before completion.
If the reason of these changes is bringing more spectators for the matches, these changes are not the only and (for sure!) not the best solutions! Well thought marketing campaign promoting tennis among the college students and the whole community is needed. Cutting down matches would make others to think about us as if we would play not a professional/ not serious sport at all. Tennis is a great sport to play and to watch! And the longest matches are the most interesting ones and the ones we learn as a players and teams from! Students have spent about 15 years on average on it, and having all these limitations would be a big disappointment for us and for our relatives and friends because we love tennis and as athletes work hard enough to be respected.
Shortening our game is not the way to attract new fans to the sport - in fact it will probably turn away many loyal fans who enjoy the competition and "it's never too late to come back" nature of the sport. Proponents of the change may argue that tennis is the only sport that doesn't have a time limit. But other sports, although they have a time limit, can be unpredictably long as well - they may go into overtime, and the clock may stop for longer periods. Not having a time limit is what makes tennis a beautiful sport. If the goal is to attract fans, we need to do a better job marketing the sport, supporting players and coming up with creative incentives for fans to come watch the game. Changing the game itself isn't going to help tennis- it's going to help a new and separate sport, "mini-tennis"
These rules are not necessary.
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Us D1 players that tried and still trying to make it at pro level. Value playing with the same rules as Pro players do.