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3. Lost income. Lost opportunities for income, attributable to playing a
tournament, are not allowable expenses.
4. Equipment and clothing. Equipment and clothing are not allowable
expenses.
5. Expenses not reimbursable by virtue of action of Sectional Association or
USTA Grievance Committee. No amateur may receive, directly or indirectly,
expenses of any kind in connection with playing tennis if permission to
receive expenses has been refused either:
• By the amateur’s Sectional Association; or
• By the USTA Grievance Committee.
An amateur whose Sectional Association has refused to allow the
amateur to receive the expenses may appeal to the USTA Grievance
Committee pursuant to USTA Bylaw 43.
G. Organization Member’s Role in Reimbursement of Amateur’s Expenses
1. Direct arrangements between Organization Member and amateur. All
arrangements, including the payment of expenses, for participation by an
amateur in a sanctioned tournament, match, or exhibition shall be made
by the Organization Member holding the tournament directly with the
amateur, the amateur’s Sectional Association, the Sectional Association in
which the tournament is being held, the team captain of any recognized
USTA team (whether on a National, Sectional, or District level), or the
chairperson for any sanctioned National or International tournament,
match, or exhibition.
Payments made to hotels for indebtedness incurred for lodging,
meals, etc., or to common carriers for transportation will be
considered as having been paid directly to the amateur.
Failure to comply with the above policy will be grounds for
immediate suspension, which suspension shall continue until the
Organization Member has so complied with the policy.
2. Expenses not reimbursable by virtue of action of Sectional Association or
USTA Grievance Committee. No Organization Member may pay, directly
or indirectly, expenses of an amateur if permission to pay the expenses
has been refused either:
• By the Organization Member’s home Sectional Association; or
• By the USTA Grievance Committee.
An Organization Member whose Sectional Association has refused to
allow it to pay the expenses of an amateur may appeal to the USTA
Grievance Committee pursuant to USTA Bylaw 43.
3. Organization Member may lose future sanction of its tournaments if it
violates USTA Regulation XVIII. An Organization Member that
disregards any provision of USTA Regulation XVIII. shall be deemed to
have acted in a way detrimental to the welfare of the game and may be
denied by the Board further sanctions to hold tournaments, matches,
or exhibitions. Any Organization Member charged by the Board with
having so acted may, at its request, have a hearing before the USTA
Grievance Committee pursuant to USTA Bylaw 43.
H. Amateur Prizes
1. Value of prizes for amateurs may not exceed $250 per event. The
maximum value of a prize that may be won by an amateur in any one
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