APPEALS

There are two valid reasons for approving an appeal of a rating:

1. The player has sustained a permanent injury since his points were won and therefore "is not the same player he used to be". The injury must be permanent in order to be considered a valid basis for an appeal.

2. The player didn't deserve the points he got in the first place, because his opponent(s) were playing above their level. For example, player A is forced to play Open singles due to his Open Doubles Ranking, and receives 200,000 points for beating player B, a first round quarterfinal opponent who was electing to play above his eligibility level. Since player B was not rated as an Open player, player A may have some basis for having the result disallowed so that he can be eligible to play in the A division despite the victory. Our rating system requires someone who wins a first-round match in his first event to stay at the same level (or higher) for the next TWO tournaments.

Appeals should be submitted to standards@glta.net. The rankings chair has the authority to grant an appeal, to deny an appeal, or to refer an appeal to a committee. The committee consists of four people: the Seeding Chair, the Standards Chair, and two non-Board members with tournament director experience who are appointed by the Seeding Chair. It takes a three-fourths majority to approve appeals which are referred to the committee.

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