BCAPL disqualified the top two finishers in the Open Eight Ball singles event last year. Once the decision was made, a revised payout was posted on the BCAPL website and here at AZ. Can't imagine a more open way to show the money ($18,000) being returned to some of the remaining players.
Watching to see what, if anything, the APA will do if this situation described by the OP is true. If APA can not force the return of the prize moneys distributed to the team, they should pay the offended teams the equivalent amount by percentage. The captain and / or co-captain of the team should be banned for life. They knew they were cheating and obviously didn't care! Sorry, whoops doesn't work here.
Lyn
was this at the nationals ? either way first thing the team (all players ) should be banned for 2 years ,usually thats what happens for all disqualified teams . good luck to the apa getting the money back lol. if it was at the nationals , usually the apa invites any team the disqualified team
beat to the following years nationals but you have to pay your expenses to get there but have a chance at playing and winning money is the only plus.
Whoops, has worked for 33 years.
Banned for 2 years? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! They should be banned for life! If the pool community is worth its weight in chalk, each and every player on this roster should never be allowed to compete in an APA, BCA, VNEA, ACS event again in their lives. This isn't questionable sandbagging we're talking about. This was a deliberate attempt to commit fraud and compromise the integrity of amateur pool.
I don't get how a team can even smile about winning when they know they cheated to do it.
BCAPL disqualified the top two finishers in the Open Eight Ball singles event last year. Once the decision was made, a revised payout was posted on the BCAPL website and here at AZ. Can't imagine a more open way to show the money ($18,000) being returned to some of the remaining players.
Watching to see what, if anything, the APA will do if this situation described by the OP is true. If APA can not force the return of the prize moneys distributed to the team, they should pay the offended teams the equivalent amount by percentage. The captain and / or co-captain of the team should be banned for life. They knew they were cheating and obviously didn't care! Sorry, whoops doesn't work here.
Lyn
Tap, tap, tap!!!
Lyn
My recollection was that the BCA disqualified the Taiwanese prior to paying them. Once the money changes hands it becomes so much harder. 7 active players there and they felt that they had to cheat? That's about as low as it gets.
JC
My understanding is the league director "misunderstood" the American description of what an "Open" player was. In Taiwan, the two guys were "Open" players. The Taiwanese definition of an "Open" player is one who is not an top ranked touring professional and allowed to play in "Open" events. Not absolutely sure so someone more expert should jump in. Ours is quite different of course. The BCAPL did give the two players $5000 for their expenses attending the event. They went on to help win the Advanced Team event as well.
Not sure if you can blame the two players. Do you blame the league director? Sure can't blame the BCAPL. They did the right thing. My view is they should have an International league championship along with the current event. Let Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Taiwan and this year perhaps Australia battle it out. Personally have no problem with a shared championship with our neighbors to the North. JMHO.
Lyn
Imo, if you disqualify a team in the money, each team below that team moves up one spot in the payout and the team that busted on the money bubble is now in the money. That's how it is handled in poker and it seems fair to me.
Banned for 2 years? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! They should be banned for life! If the pool community is worth its weight in chalk, each and every player on this roster should never be allowed to compete in an APA, BCA, VNEA, ACS event again in their lives. This isn't questionable sandbagging we're talking about. This was a deliberate attempt to commit fraud and compromise the integrity of amateur pool.
With this APA team, there was clear intent to commit fraud. It's unethical, it's unsportsmanlike, it's criminal!
The APA has told me when they recover the paid out funds