Time to Rally: Promises, Promises
In another confusing, contradictory article about local tennis, Newsday talked about how Long Island programs are concerned about losing funding if the US Open is canceled.
The article goes on to say:
“In April the USTA issued a comprehensive plan on how it intends to support the tennis community through the uncertainties of the pandemic and made clear it was putting money on the table. On Friday a spokesman asserted ‘the money would still be there, US Open or no US Open. Obviously cancellation of the US Open would have a significant impact on our association but not an insurmountable one’. USTA spokesperson Chris Widmaier said in an email to Newsday, ‘with many of our agreements placing protections on cash flow and with years of careful financial planning and strategic financial decisions, the USTA has planned for and is equipped to get through this worst case scenario.’”
With such powerful assurance from the USTA, why then are local community tennis providers with close ties to the USTA worried about program cuts?
