2026 Rule Change Results — FINAL
Status: PASSED
Rulebook location (where to update):
- Rulebook location: Section F (Refreshments and 50/50)
Proposal wording:
- The home team will purchase and supply refreshments for matches scheduled at their courts.
- Each team captain is responsible for collecting money from their players to cover refreshments.
- The home team will supply either 132 cans of beer or 1 keg.
- If cans are provided, the home team must supply at least two different brands.
- If a keg is provided, the home team must supply cups.
Status: FAILED
Proposal wording:
Beer Fairness
Home team must provide one case each of:
- Bud Light
- Miller Lite
- Coors Light
Plus: home team choice for the remaining beer to equal a total of 5½ cases.
Status: FAILED
Proposal wording:
Change Rule H-1 under forfeits:
- Remove the requirement to have nine players to start the third round.
- Each team must still have at least six players to start the match.
- Allow a team to field as many games as they can under the current format.
- Any games they cannot field would be recorded as a six match-point loss.
Status: PASSED
Rulebook location (Section C):
- Added rule C-7
Proposal wording:
Consecutive Shoes may be thrown for the full match if agreed upon between both team captains.(this is an addition to the current option of individual games)
Status: FAILED
Proposal wording:
Make it so the league does not pay for team shoes; each team pays for their own shoes.
Status: FAILED
Proposal wording:
Allow players to choose to play with their own shoes or with the league’s American shoes.
Status: FAILED
Proposal wording:
Make it a money league.(This request is to have cash awards at the end of the year, how to fund this will need to be determined)
Status: PASSED
Rulebook location -This is a schedule format change and not locate in the rulebook
- Rulebook reference: Section A-1 (Scheduling Procedure) — where divisions and scheduling format are defined/voted.
Proposal wording:
p>This is a league format / scheduling proposal (not a rule book change).
- Move to one universal division with all 11 teams.
- Play a 12-week season: each team plays all teams once, and each team has one bye.
- Last regular-season week: position round knockdown matches based on standings (2 at 1, 3 at 4, 5 at 6, 7 at 8, 9 at 10; 11 bye).
- Season runs from the last Wednesday in April through the final week on July 15th (no Sundays except make-ups).
- Post-season begins July 22nd: single-elimination with higher seed home.
- Round 2: July 29th and Aug 5th (best of 2 total; no Sundays).
- Championship: Aug 12 / 19 / 26 (best 2 of 3; no Sundays).
- Still has 8 teams reaching the playoffs (same as current).
- Teams that share pits: away team travels there only once; if both teams meet in playoffs, higher seed gets choice of home game.