Ok I know this might seem a bit farfetch'd but I know if it was done correctly that there are enough people on this forum who have the right resources to make this happen. I'd like to see MTF hold their own ITF futures tournament at some point in next years ITF calendar. Now whether it be held in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe or where ever I know this is definitely possible. We could quite easily set up live streams, live scores, just about anything and it could become the best futures tournament on tour just purely because of the amount of people helping out. We can give out wildcards to the players that we feel deserve it and if it were held in the right country we could give a small country like Jamaica the chance to have more than just Dustin Brown (not that I'm suggesting it be held in Jamaica).
Before you just completely shoot this idea down and call me an idiot think about the logistics, from what I have read a minimum of $10,000 USD must be provided to hold the smallest possible futures event on the other side there is the $15,000 USD futures events, it also states on the ITF website that there must be a minimum of three 10k events scheduled in a row or two 15k events in a row. $30,000 USD is not that much when you consider sponsorships for a professional events like this, it could even work out that sponsorships alone cover the cost. I know there are people out here that are as interested as I am to make an idea like this happen so please if you have an interest at all post in this thread with your ideas.
Now I know there are people out there on MTF that are involved in business' (I am one of them) that can provide sponsorship for an event like this. I also know there are people on MTF that are heavily involved in Tennis clubs, probably even some that own some clubs. There are of course minimum standards that must be met for an event like this (ie. a Gym room on site, a club room, some form of seating for courts etc.) but it is possible. If you are just going to post in this thread and be negative please don't bother because I am being serious about this idea and I know some people will read this and think it is a really good idea too.
Before you just completely shoot this idea down and call me an idiot think about the logistics, from what I have read a minimum of $10,000 USD must be provided to hold the smallest possible futures event on the other side there is the $15,000 USD futures events, it also states on the ITF website that there must be a minimum of three 10k events scheduled in a row or two 15k events in a row. $30,000 USD is not that much when you consider sponsorships for a professional events like this, it could even work out that sponsorships alone cover the cost. I know there are people out here that are as interested as I am to make an idea like this happen so please if you have an interest at all post in this thread with your ideas.
Now I know there are people out there on MTF that are involved in business' (I am one of them) that can provide sponsorship for an event like this. I also know there are people on MTF that are heavily involved in Tennis clubs, probably even some that own some clubs. There are of course minimum standards that must be met for an event like this (ie. a Gym room on site, a club room, some form of seating for courts etc.) but it is possible. If you are just going to post in this thread and be negative please don't bother because I am being serious about this idea and I know some people will read this and think it is a really good idea too.