tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post6107928436536205834..comments2024-03-26T09:23:26.937-04:00Comments on ZooTennis: D III Men's Team Indoor Underway; Update on D I Formats for Conference Play; Sanford, Schaefer in Grade 2 Final in ChileColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-8425296482056581362015-02-24T16:22:49.875-05:002015-02-24T16:22:49.875-05:00Anyone out there want to comment on the Freshman w...Anyone out there want to comment on the Freshman who is 22 years old....<br />Tomas Pitra<br />Class: Freshman<br />Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic<br />High School: Gymnazium AltisShawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-23138197598814028282015-02-24T08:36:52.344-05:002015-02-24T08:36:52.344-05:00tomas pitra of the wisconsin badgers mens tennis t...tomas pitra of the wisconsin badgers mens tennis team turned 22 on feb 14,2015. he is listed as a freshman. http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100128370<br /><br />http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/tomas_pitra_861642.html<br /><br />What is the rule of eligibility for mens tennis div 1?confused and concernednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-3762587318780693382015-02-23T19:25:54.811-05:002015-02-23T19:25:54.811-05:00Mikael Torpegaard, freshman for Ohio State, will t...Mikael Torpegaard, freshman for Ohio State, will turn 21 on May 8th.<br /><br />His teammate, Ralf Steinbach, who is a redshirt sophomore, will turn 23 on May 24.<br /><br />Those are not 22-year-old freshmen, but still older and more-experienced than most of their American counterparts. Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-42311446300803353362015-02-23T16:20:39.668-05:002015-02-23T16:20:39.668-05:00Not only hasn't he been playing futures every ...Not only hasn't he been playing futures every week, as Clark writes, but he hasn't played one since 2011. He's never even won a main draw match and earned a point. So if he's the poster boy for the big bad foreigners who are laying waste to American tennis and destroying a young American's dreams of going to college then heading out on the pro circuit to rake in the dough, American tennis is truly in sad shape. <br /><br />What this entire issue of foreigners in college tennis is about, in my opinion, is money, not tennis. College is too damn expensive and after years of shelling out gobs of money, many parents not only feel that they're entitled to some sort of scholarship, but robbed of all the money they did spend on junior tennis. However, the exorbitant cost of college is another issue altogether and one that needs to be addressed on a much broader scale than putting quotas on foreigners playing tennis in America.russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-39849466439065757772015-02-23T15:16:05.167-05:002015-02-23T15:16:05.167-05:00Gal Hakak committed to Northwestern in high school...Gal Hakak committed to Northwestern in high school, then was drafted and served three years in the military. The NCAA has lots of waivers and exceptions for special cases. He was not playing a Futures every week, you can be sure, and that would figure into his eligibility ruling. A special case such as this one has nothing to do with misleading generalizations about every freshman in the country having to compete with 22-year-old foreign freshmen who have played 17 ATP events.ClarkCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-18224339715813726102015-02-23T11:27:41.745-05:002015-02-23T11:27:41.745-05:00Gal Hakak is from Israel where most citizens are r...Gal Hakak is from Israel where most citizens are required to join the military after high schoolFormer D1 who doesn't like no-adnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-68843792005912473862015-02-23T09:53:13.740-05:002015-02-23T09:53:13.740-05:00gal hakak 22 last year as a freshman for Washingto...gal hakak 22 last year as a freshman for Washington huskies!rondo sneadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-38917675355429459602015-02-23T07:18:35.452-05:002015-02-23T07:18:35.452-05:00Can we retire the 23 year old freshman comments? A...Can we retire the 23 year old freshman comments? A week ago someone referred to 22 year old freshman. NCAA legislation was passed years ago to prevent this from happening. If I am wrong, please list the 22-23 year old freshmen currently playing. Or just continue to post false information.40 year old freshmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-31383379500201077972015-02-22T21:49:36.230-05:002015-02-22T21:49:36.230-05:00There is a reason why players aren't speaking ...There is a reason why players aren't speaking up anymore. They have had their scoring changed 4 times in 2 1/2 years. 10,0000 of them started a facebook page and the system immediately showed that it didn't want to hear them. Many of them don't know where their coaches stand on the issue. How is a player supposed to speak up against something they don't like when their coaches are trying to bias them to like it? These kids are splitting 4.5 scholarships and are waiting each year for the next 23 year old freshman who played 17 ATP tournaments the year before to come and take their spot. Randynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-16945817751610411102015-02-22T11:00:47.753-05:002015-02-22T11:00:47.753-05:00Former D1 player...
I did not hear one player comp...Former D1 player...<br />I did not hear one player complain about no-ad in Chicago. I heard many fans say it's cool. Just in, just out, net cords during rallies have decided many matches. Embrace big point pressure, I say.russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-11572551024736761612015-02-21T17:04:58.433-05:002015-02-21T17:04:58.433-05:00GET UP DY!! Finals of Del Ray! Defeats Tomic today...GET UP DY!! Finals of Del Ray! Defeats Tomic today..Lil MO Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-10942266174801901102015-02-21T15:40:25.975-05:002015-02-21T15:40:25.975-05:00"Great" tweet?! More like a stupid tweet..."Great" tweet?! More like a stupid tweet. The vast majority of the players hate no-ad and for good reason. All it does is dramatically increase the element of chance/luck to decide a match, which reduces the element of skill. Got to love those no-ad points where one player gets a let cord ace and breaks serve to give him the set. This is "Casino Tennis" at its finest. If you like it so much then move to Vegas.<br /><br />And, under the argument that it's more "exciting" them why don't we decide every game by one no-ad point, that would be even more "exciting"...and more stupid.Former D1 Playernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-89982874239949369882015-02-21T11:53:24.740-05:002015-02-21T11:53:24.740-05:00Jared Hiltzik had a great tweet today about no-add...Jared Hiltzik had a great tweet today about no-add scoring. He basically said regular scoring is boring and the fans hate it. Sounds like not all players are convinced the current format will doom college tennis.Joenoreply@blogger.com