9) Playoff Positioning, Tie-Breakers
Regular season ties are broken by this order:

1) Overall Record, based on games over .500.  So 6-1 is 5 games, 8-2 is 6 games and would be better.

2) Head-to-Head record for players tied at #1

3) We want to promote players playing matches, so 6-1 would be better than 5-0.

4) Percentage of games won

10) Home Court for Playoff matches
Higher seeded player gets home court during playoffs. But, just like the regular season we want players to chose a location that works for both participants

11) Player Disqualification
Based on complaints to the organization, reserves the right to:
1) Place any player who has violated the standards of good conduct, abuse of tennis club cancellation policy, abuse of league administrators, fair play and/or good sportsmanship on probation for an indefinite period. League fee will not be reimbursement in such player disqualifications.
2) Ban any player from the league indefinitely.

12) Canceling a scheduled tennis match
A participant is required to make phone calls and send emails to cancel a tennis match. The league is not responsible to cancel matches for players. If the player doesn't try all forms of communication to cancel a match a strike will be applied to the offending player.

13) Withdrawals from league
A participant who withdraws from the league due to injury or time constraints is required to make the administrator aware of the withdrawal. This player will either be removed from the website or receive the '**' Out for the Season flag. The player will not be reimbursed the league fee.

14) Guidelines
TennisPhilly needs to set up guidelines to get matches in.  This will make sure players aren't over-whelming other players in the divisions with requests to play.

15) Accepting Matches after the Guidelines has passed
TennisPhilly will accept a match score after a guideline has passed as long as the match was played before the last day of the season.

16) Lack of Payment rule
No player shall receive the contact information of other opponents in his/her projected league until they have made payment to the administrator. If a player has started in a league without payment, TennisPhilly reserves the right to replace that player at anytime with a player who has paid League fees.

17) Match Play Official Defaults
An opponent subject to any of these violations must be found in default.
1) 30-Minute Late Rule without notification: Failure to appear on the court within 30 minutes of the starting time without notification.
2) Injury or Walk-off: Matches not completed due to an opponent's injury or quitting before the 1 ? hour time period has passed shall award the win to the remaining or non-injured player. Final score will be the final score before the injury or walk-off.

18) Non-playing rule
TennisPhilly reserves the right to remove a player if they haven't played a match by the first deadline date in the season's schedule. If a player hasn't played 3 matches by the 2nd deadline date, the league reserves the right to remove the player from the contact list.

19) 3-strike policy
If a player cancels a match within 4 hours of when it is suppose to be play, 1 strike will be recorded against this player. Only exempt reason is rain/wet playing surface.
If a player doesn't show up to a match without trying to call and send an email, 2 strikes will be recorded against the offending player. If the player contests the 2 strikes, they can appeal and potentially have it decrease to 1 strike. The match will be recorded as a 0-0 win for the non-offending player and the league suggests the players not reschedule the match.
A player may receive strikes for poor sportsmanship. If a player attains 3 strikes in a season, they will be removed from the current season. This player's league fee will not be reimbursed.

20) To get credit for a Referral bonus
The proper method to getting a referral bonus is to have the NEW member go to the join page and put the referred player in the "How did you find out about Referral" field.  If this doesn't happen upon initially signing up then a referral bonus can't be credited to the member. The referred player needs to play a full season without dropping out due to injury or by the Lack of Participation rule. Doubles partner don't count towards the referral bonus. No Double discounts are given.

21) 1/2 credit for Season referral, 1/4 credit for Tennis Partner referral
Anybody that refers a friend that joins a league season will get 1/2 off their next season. If they refer a friend that joins the tennis partner program, they will get a 1/4 off their next season.

22) Purity of Competition Rule
TennisPhilly reserves the right to move a player up or down a division based on how they performed in the previous season or during the current season. A player can get promoted to a higher division by making the finals of their division's playoffs. A player can also be moved up or down during the season based on how they have performed after three matches. If a player has averaged a score of 12-3 for their first 3 matches they will be a candidate for moving up a division. Inverse is true for a player that has lost their first 3 matches by an average score of 12-3.

23) Season record stays with player throughout the season
If a player is promoted or moved down during the season their record will not be reset. This gives the player the chance to qualify for the new skill levels playoffs.

24) Money Back Guarantee
The league will offer a "no questions asked" money back guarantee for up to 7 days after the league's start date. If you signed up for the tennis partner program it would be 1-week from your payment day. If we can't get you at least 6 tennis partners we will also reimburse your money.

25) 10 for $7 Rule
Rule Change for all leagues starting from June on. The league is all about players getting out there and playing during the regular season. So if a player plays 10 matches in a season, they will get $7 off their next season. If they can play 20 matches in a season their next season is free. No Double discounts are given.