Breaking News! PNW changes 40 & Over to use Points Per Position for standings for 2020

I wrote literally two hours ago my musings on how PNW or other sections might address the concerns with the new 4-court format for 40 & Over in 2020.

I now go look at TennisLink and see that flights are being created and the standings now appear to be using the Points Per Position format!

For those that haven't seen it, here is what it looks like.

You notice the traditional Wins, Losses, Individual Wins, and Individual Losses columns are not present.  Instead there are Matches Played and Points columns.  This is the Points Per Position (PPP) format.

If you didn't read what I wrote earlier, PPP works by each court having an assigned number of points the winning team gets for winning that court, and rather than having a team win or loss for a team match, each team simply accumulates points based on the courts won.  The standings are then based on the accumulated points, with tie-breakers done based on sets and games won/lost.

Now, what points will be assigned to the courts?  That isn't clear yet, but I'd guess it will be what I wrote earlier, 1 point for all courts other than 1 doubles, and 2 points for that court.  This means 5 points available per match, so in an eight match season, 40 total points are in play for a team.  And while the "win" doesn't matter, this does mean one team will accumulate more points than the other team for the match so there is some satisfaction in the "win" this way.

So it appears we will find out how Points Per Position works and how captains will adapt to both the 4-court format and a new way of determining standings!