tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post713652771584704988..comments2024-03-26T09:23:26.937-04:00Comments on ZooTennis: USTA Creates Junior Team for World Team TennisColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-14595942973968301832009-04-02T22:53:00.000-04:002009-04-02T22:53:00.000-04:00The kids in the USTA program get over $100,000 a y...The kids in the USTA program get over $100,000 a year in support in the form of training facilities, coaching, housing, travel, and grants. The USTA will also pay for all of their travel and expenses to play WTT adding to the total annual investment. Yet they still retain college eligibility.bullfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06955300471984042642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-62498646160874632322009-04-02T16:57:00.000-04:002009-04-02T16:57:00.000-04:00Can someone tell me how much in grants these top j...Can someone tell me how much in grants these top junior players on the WTT team receive from USTA? Ballpark? Also, how much of their costs are covered while on this WTT team? My point is, I find it ironic that we welcome American kids with open arms that have benefitted from a lot of $$$ in grants from USTA, WTT, whatever, into NCAA tennis, but some go beserk over an international player who has like $800 (and spent at least double that in expenses) next to their name on the ATP website and call them "burnt out pros," etc.isn't it ironic?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-14560167416574790812009-04-01T21:26:00.000-04:002009-04-01T21:26:00.000-04:00it's similar to the "one day showdowns". technical...it's similar to the "one day showdowns". technically legal and great for junior players and some college players too, but bends the heck out of the division 1 rule that bans tryouts. that is why they were originally started. got marketed as a different thing.atl tennisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-50324049129960410022009-04-01T21:23:00.000-04:002009-04-01T21:23:00.000-04:0030.8.1 National Team ExemptionThe WTT Tennis "juni...30.8.1 National Team Exemption<BR/><BR/>The WTT Tennis "junior national team" is a bit shady, but technically it might not break rules. In team sports, the rules say that you can't even compete against professionals or you are professional. Tennis and golf and maybe a few others are different.atl tennisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-45198712989632654182009-04-01T20:26:00.000-04:002009-04-01T20:26:00.000-04:00Can't site direct regulations and rules, but I am ...Can't site direct regulations and rules, but I am at a d1 school and we talked with a eligibility officer the other day.<BR/><BR/>They said, "You can play Davis Cup, Fed Cup, and other tennis events, as long as you never accept any payment other than expenses. The rules are that a federation is not considered a "team". Similarly, you are eligible to compete in the Olympics for your country as long as you follow NCAA policy"<BR/><BR/>Also, I believe that if you are under the age of 20, you can repay your earnings and earn college eligibility. That, or sit out a semester and a half while enrolled at the school, and still be eligible. That is what SMU's Marta Lesnaik did, as well as Miseviciute. I know Lesniak was 350 in the world at one point, but now playing college tennis.D1tennisplayernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-37429325360555693232009-04-01T13:39:00.001-04:002009-04-01T13:39:00.001-04:00Blushes.Fed Cup Euro zone II isn't for another two...Blushes.<BR/><BR/>Fed Cup Euro zone II isn't for another two and a half weeks.stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-4656513179750426262009-04-01T13:39:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:39:00.000-04:00That's a very good question. I'm not sure if there...That's a very good question. I'm not sure if there's an exemption for National Federation Teams, but I suspect there is. After all, there are professionals playing on Junior Fed and Junior Davis Cup teams, and that doesn't mean that their teammates are automatically ineligible for D-I tennis.<BR/><BR/>Can anyone cite chapter and verse in NCAA regs on this?Colette Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-28601897822663417882009-04-01T13:32:00.000-04:002009-04-01T13:32:00.000-04:00How does the NCAA professional team regulation rel...How does the NCAA professional team regulation relate to playing Fed Cup? Miseviciute (Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville) is nominated for Lithuania's team next week, whereas Harutyunyan's (Akron) profile on CTO says she declined to play for Armenia so as to maintain her NCAA eligibility.stephennoreply@blogger.com