If a player has to miss a day of their league, that player must use a substitute player off of the sub list.
A substitute player's game scores are entered as official results just as if the permanent player was there. These results determine if the absent player will stay on the same court or move down a court. To protect against an inappropriately skilled substitute player advancing a permanent player up a court, a sub cannot advance a player up to the next court no matter the substitute's game results. A sub can keep a player on the current court or drop a player to a lower court.
The points added to the absent player's accumulated point total is the average of all four players' game totals. This protects the absent players from a sub's poor game while also preventing the absent player getting a substitute player who is too skilled for the absent player's court.
SINGLES LEAGUES
If possible, 9 players will be in each singles round robin. This means all players get 1 bye. The players can tell the League Director which one day of the 8 weeks they cannot play. The League Director will try to schedule that player with a bye on that date.
If a player must miss a 2nd day of the league, that player must use a substitute player so the league can stay on schedule. That substitute player's results are counted as an official score.
USING A SUBSTITUTE PLAYER
Players MUST find their own substitute players if they need to miss a week. To make this very easy, the league director maintains a list for each league with many substitute players names, skill levels, contact info AND availability. To protect substitute players' contact information, the League Director does not keep sub lists online. The league director will include a link to the sub list in the "Important Information for The First Day of League" email that all players receive shortly before league begins. In addition the league director will frequently email this link to each league member in subsequent "league update" emails so the sub list link is easy to obtain. Players should BOOK MARK the sub list link for easy access.
Players must get a sub off of the sub list.
Players must follow any notes in the sub lists that indicate which subs can play on what courts.
A substitute's DUPR rating must be generally within .25 or less of the player's DUPR skill. This can be challenging because ratings move each week. The day that you get the sub is when you need to check the sub's DUPR rating. As long as the rating on that day is within .25 then you can get a particular sub.
Players must fill out the MY SUBSTITUTE form with what day(s) the player will be absent and provide the name of the substitute player. The 'My Substitute' form is located as a sub-menu of the Substituting tab. Not submitting the 'My Substitute' form means you get 1 strike against you. See Respect On Court section above.
The league director requires everyone who substitutes to be on the official sub list so we have ready access to the sub's contact info, emergency contact info, DUPR email address. However, league members already provide me with ready access to this information and are DUPR members. League members ARE considered as "on the official sub list."
If a player who gets a sub that is entirely too highly rated, the League Dir. will automatically drop the player down to the lower court for an unfair advantage. The player will lose all points for that day.
