Comments on: Would barring non-US citizens from US National Doubles Tourney kill the women’s game? (I’m worried) http://fairgamenews.com/2012/01/will-barring-non-us-citizens-from-us-national-doubles-tourney-kill-the-womens-game-im-worried/ seeking equality on — and off — the field Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ken J http://fairgamenews.com/2012/01/will-barring-non-us-citizens-from-us-national-doubles-tourney-kill-the-womens-game-im-worried/#comment-89415 Ken J Wed, 23 May 2012 14:39:33 +0000 http://fairgamenews.com/?p=2753#comment-89415 In my humble opinion –

Best solution is to let pros play whether or not they are US citizens, but to then augment the championships (Men’s, Women’s and Mixed) to include an “A” draw in addition to the Open draw.

I feel that currently, unless a player is 40+ and plays in the age divisions, there is too large a gap between the pros and the A club player. So, in a tournament where they used to be able to compete, the A players are now effectively excluded.

In the mixed, over the last 3 years, while the tournament has been in Philadelphia, there has been a B draw in addition to the Open (which has been a very good thing) – but there is such a wide gap between the two that again the A players are excluded from any chance of doing well in the tournament.

The only question that would remain is whether to allow pros and non US citizens from competing in the age group draws. Again, my feeling is that they could.

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