Ratings
YEAR END 2009
BENCHMARK (B) RATINGS ARE NOT APPEALABLE
THE FIRST YEAR RECEIVED.
3.05B
Appeal of Year-End PublishedComputer Ratings. Year-end NTRP published
computer
ratings may be appealed
and granted or denied through
TennisLink.
3.05C
Appeal of Championship Benchmark Computer Ratings. A championship
benchmark computer rating may not be appealed following the
championship year it is received except for an intervening, permanently disabling injury/or illness. If intervening permanent disabling
injury or illness indicates that a championship benchmark rating may be too
high, the Section Association shall utilize a Medical Review Committee to
evaluate all medical appeals;
and, if the
injury/illness is deemed permanently disabling, the appeal will be forwarded to
the National Medical Appeal Committee for a final decision.
All other ratings are appealable.
No appeal form is
necessary. Go to the TennisLink site:
(http://tennislink.usta.com/leagues/)
On the right, towards the
top, click “find a rating”
When that page comes up,
type in your USTA number – NOT YOUR NAME
Your rating will appear.
It will also ask if you
would like to appeal your rating.
If so, click on Appeal,
and proceed accordingly.
If your rating is in
appeal range, your appeal will automatically be granted.
Otherwise, you will be
advised that your appeal is denied.
If denied, you have no
further recourse unless you qualify for filing a medical appeal.
If your appeal is granted
and you have registered on a team, contact PAM LEIBFREID – Leibfreid@mas.usta.com immediately,
and give her your name, USTA number,
team number, with a
request that the rating be changed on your roster.
YOU CAN ONLY APPEAL ONCE.
THE ABOVE PROCEDURE IS NOT TO DETERMINE
WHETHER YOUR RATING IS WITHIN .05 OR .10 – IT IS TO FILE AN APPEAL.
CAPTAINS – PLEASE DO NOT APPEAL ON BEHALF
OF YOUR PLAYERS.
WOULD
YOU LIKE TO APPEAL YOUR SELF-RATING?
If so, follow the above
procedure if you would like a higher self-rating.
If you want a lower
self-rating and you did not appeal online during the self-rating process, go to
www.midatlantic.usta.com,
Self-rate Appeal form and mail to the Mid-Atlantic Section together with your
$20.00 appeal fee, payable to USTA/MAS.
The fee will be fully
refunded if your appeal is granted. See below.
If your appeal is granted
and you have registered on a team, contact PAM LEIBFREID – Leibfreid@mas.usta.com immediately,
and give her your name, USTA number,
team number, with a
request that the rating be changed on your roster.
DO YOU
WANT TO FILE A MEDICAL APPEAL?
Go to www.midatlantic.usta.com, Medical
Appeal form.
Mail the form to the
Mid-Atlantic Section, together with your $20.00 appeal fee, payable to
USTA/MAS.
The fee will be fully
refunded if your appeal is granted.
There is NO DEADLINE for
filing an appeal. However, no appeal will be processed unless every item on the
form is completed. There is a $20.00 fee for filing an appeal.
NOTE: medical
appeals could take several weeks to process.
No appeal will
be processed until the fee is received.
All medical
appeals must be accompanied by a letter from your treating physician stating
the date of the injury/condition occurred, the nature of your injury/condition,
your prognosis and treatment rendered, and whether the injury/condition is permanently
disabling.
No medical
appeal will be accepted without all this information.
All Appeals (medical or self-rate) should be mailed
to:
Appeals Committee
C/o Pamela J. Leibfreid
Sectional League
Coordinator
Appeals may also be
emailed to: Leibfreid@mas.usta.com
If you choose to email
your medical appeal, you must immediately mail your $20.00 fee to the above
address, together with your medical documentation.
You will be notified by
email as to whether your appeal was granted or denied.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
Contact Pam Leibfreid,
Sectional League Coordinator:
703-556-6120 X11
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