Fore Rail said:

Is the WPA ready and able to govern the entire game of pool worldwide in the same manner as the USGA & R&A?

How do you get CSI, VNEA, NAPA, APA, TAP, Ultimate Pool USA etc etc to abandon their own rules & just go with what the WPA says?

Pipe dream comes to mind.

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I think the for-profit US leagues are irrelevant to the international discussion.

Ultimate Pool rules are strict about not touching object balls.

poolscholar said:

Shirt fouls, etc make it impossible without a ref at the table all the time

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It is not impossible at all. I cover in detail how to deal with this in the video. Basically, with nobody observing, the shooter gets the benefit of the doubt if they don't admit the foul.

Is the WPA ready and able to govern the entire game of pool worldwide in the same manner as the USGA & R&A does for golf?

How do you get CSI, VNEA, NAPA, APA, TAP, Ultimate Pool USA etc etc to abandon their own rules & just go with what the WPA says?

Pipe dream comes to mind.

poolscholar said:

Shirt fouls, etc make it impossible without a ref at the table all the time

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If the players go at the game with the attitude of, "Screw him before he screws me," that's true. Maybe a change of attitude is needed.

The International Open is played with the strict rules and mostly no ref at the table, and somehow the players manage. Maybe they have the right attitude towards the game.

InsertCleverNameHere said:

Will watch the video later but hard pass for me. Arguing over whether my shirt touched a ball or not doesn’t sound like a good time and leagues are about fun. Without referees, just forget all ball fouls imo.

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I agree- the league I play in has enough arguments over petty things- don't want to add all ball fouls because it would just be another thing to argue about.

Watch ‘Earl Strickland presents’ on youtube. He commentates the matches and basically every shot indicates how to hit the ball. I would estimate around 95% of shots he indicates some type of english used.

He’s a great commentator btw.

I just saw centeno for the first time, damn she makes it look easy

Shirt fouls, etc make it impossible without a ref at the table all the time