WE WON!! THE NSWPTL BOARD OFFICIALLY REVERSED THEIR DECISION AND OUR POINTS ARE FINALLY GOING TO COUNT!! THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED PUSH THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE BECAUSE THIS VICTORY BELONGS TO ALL OF US!!
April 14, 2022
Final supporters
On Monday, January 10 the NSWPTL Board announced that points earned during the Winter session of play in 2022 would not count towards team placements in Fall 2022, without any consultation with member Club Pros, Coordinators or Administrators. This petition calls on the Board to reverse this decision for this reason, as well as the for the following factors:
1. It is not a proportional response to the current covid risk.
Pre-vaccination, suspending team movement during the season was understandable. However, post-vaccination, the risk of serious illness has dramatically decreased especially while playing an outdoor sport. School and Professional sports programs both indoor and outdoor are continuing to play their seasons with postponements scheduled only as needed. Today's ruling is not proportional to the current nor potential risk.
2. Equity with other Women's Leagues
All Women's Paddle Leagues are allowing movement to happen at the end of this season, which includes the Southwest Ladies League (Hinsdale PD, Hinsdale Golf Club, Glen Ellyn PD, etc), New Jersey's Ladies League, New York's Ladies League, and Connecticut's Ladies League.
3. Equity with the Men's Leagues
Last year, the Men's League did not suspend team movement. They have not suspended team movement again this year. If the Men's League can figure out how to play and keep members safe, certainly the Women's League can do so as well.
4. Engagement
This rule means that for 3 out of the past 4 half seasons, there has been no team movement. In their ruling, the League cited a need to maintain player engagement as a reason for this ruling. We feel that this ruling will actually cause disengagement and feelings of stagnation amongst players.
5. Other Sports Leagues
From Professional sports leagues all the way down to local school programs, sports are continuing to be played. Play-offs, State titles, etc. are all returning in both indoor and outdoor sports. While some postponements need to occur, they are done on a case by case basis.
6. Movement Up/Down Promotes More Evenly Balanced Competition In Each Series
The goal of any travel league is to provide players and clubs with a more competitive environment to allow for more competitive matches. By moving the top two teams up and bottom two teams down, there will be fewer uneven matches (i.e. less blowouts) by creating more evenly balanced teams in each division.
Please sign ASAP to show your support for this petition, and share with your teammates and friends in the NSWPTL.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 18, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
January 17, 2022
73 Comments
Why have 3 week make-ups if season doesn't count? Life/activities/events are resuming and not still frozen despite Covid, so why freeze paddle which is an outside sport?
I agree with all the points made and mostly find it not appropriate the league made this decision without any input from its members it serves.
If the mens teams do not suspend movement, but the women do, this is discrimination. If other women’s league can figure this out, I don’t see why our league isn’t able to.
Make this session count! As players, we will do everything we can to avoid forfeitures. This is especially important for the Monday night league as there is significant need to appropriately group levels of play following the new A-E ranking assignments. Thank you!
I already submitted two individual emails strongly against their decision for no movement. We all need to pull together and move forward- not backward. The petitions comments are valid- most important- we are all triple vaccinated. As our kids and jobs move on, so must we. Thank you for consideration.
Make it count! It is completely illogical that it counted last year when things were much worse and not this year. There should have been more input into this decision. Finally, why should the decision be different for men? It should be an overall decision.
Exmoor series 6. We would like to see this season “count”!
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WE WON!! THE NSWPTL BOARD OFFICIALLY REVERSED THEIR DECISION AND OUR POINTS ARE FINALLY GOING TO COUNT!! THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED PUSH THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE BECAUSE THIS VICTORY BELONGS TO ALL OF US!!
April 14, 2022
Final supporters
On Monday, January 10 the NSWPTL Board announced that points earned during the Winter session of play in 2022 would not count towards team placements in Fall 2022, without any consultation with member Club Pros, Coordinators or Administrators. This petition calls on the Board to reverse this decision for this reason, as well as the for the following factors:
1. It is not a proportional response to the current covid risk.
Pre-vaccination, suspending team movement during the season was understandable. However, post-vaccination, the risk of serious illness has dramatically decreased especially while playing an outdoor sport. School and Professional sports programs both indoor and outdoor are continuing to play their seasons with postponements scheduled only as needed. Today's ruling is not proportional to the current nor potential risk.
2. Equity with other Women's Leagues
All Women's Paddle Leagues are allowing movement to happen at the end of this season, which includes the Southwest Ladies League (Hinsdale PD, Hinsdale Golf Club, Glen Ellyn PD, etc), New Jersey's Ladies League, New York's Ladies League, and Connecticut's Ladies League.
3. Equity with the Men's Leagues
Last year, the Men's League did not suspend team movement. They have not suspended team movement again this year. If the Men's League can figure out how to play and keep members safe, certainly the Women's League can do so as well.
4. Engagement
This rule means that for 3 out of the past 4 half seasons, there has been no team movement. In their ruling, the League cited a need to maintain player engagement as a reason for this ruling. We feel that this ruling will actually cause disengagement and feelings of stagnation amongst players.
5. Other Sports Leagues
From Professional sports leagues all the way down to local school programs, sports are continuing to be played. Play-offs, State titles, etc. are all returning in both indoor and outdoor sports. While some postponements need to occur, they are done on a case by case basis.
6. Movement Up/Down Promotes More Evenly Balanced Competition In Each Series
The goal of any travel league is to provide players and clubs with a more competitive environment to allow for more competitive matches. By moving the top two teams up and bottom two teams down, there will be fewer uneven matches (i.e. less blowouts) by creating more evenly balanced teams in each division.
Please sign ASAP to show your support for this petition, and share with your teammates and friends in the NSWPTL.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 18, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
January 17, 2022
73 Comments
Please reconsider movement. Not only are men's teams continuing movement, they are also serving food & drinks in their huts. Games are outdoors, plenty of time for make-ups. There is zero rationale that makes any sense to this decision.
Why have 3 week make-ups if season doesn't count? Life/activities/events are resuming and not still frozen despite Covid, so why freeze paddle which is an outside sport?
I agree with all the points made and mostly find it not appropriate the league made this decision without any input from its members it serves.
If the mens teams do not suspend movement, but the women do, this is discrimination. If other women’s league can figure this out, I don’t see why our league isn’t able to.
Make this session count! As players, we will do everything we can to avoid forfeitures. This is especially important for the Monday night league as there is significant need to appropriately group levels of play following the new A-E ranking assignments. Thank you!
I already submitted two individual emails strongly against their decision for no movement. We all need to pull together and move forward- not backward. The petitions comments are valid- most important- we are all triple vaccinated. As our kids and jobs move on, so must we. Thank you for consideration.
Make it count! It is completely illogical that it counted last year when things were much worse and not this year. There should have been more input into this decision. Finally, why should the decision be different for men? It should be an overall decision.
Exmoor series 6. We would like to see this season “count”!
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Please reconsider movement. Not only are men's teams continuing movement, they are also serving food & drinks in their huts. Games are outdoors, plenty of time for make-ups. There is zero rationale that makes any sense to this decision.