What are the pool amateur governing bodies up to these days?

Positively Ralf

Positively Ralf

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Just curious to know what the many bodies are up to since I rarely see much talk of them anymore. I've noticed more and more league nights around my area are not associated with any but at the same time I'm not saying there aren't any.

Is it just business as usual for them and their league operators? How many have adopted FargoRate for their national tournaments? How are the national/state tournaments doing?
 
Positively Ralf said:
Just curious to know what the many bodies are up to since I rarely see much talk of them anymore. I've noticed more and more league nights around my area are not associated with any but at the same time I'm not saying there aren't any.

Is it just business as usual for them and their league operators? How many have adopted FargoRate for their national tournaments? How are the national/state tournaments doing?
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What have they ever been up to other than collecting fees and further degrading professional pool with their decisions?
 
Positively Ralf said:
Just curious to know what the many bodies are up to since I rarely see much talk of them anymore. I've noticed more and more league nights around my area are not associated with any but at the same time I'm not saying there aren't any.

Is it just business as usual for them and their league operators? How many have adopted FargoRate for their national tournaments? How are the national/state tournaments doing?
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You seem to be asking about CSI, APA, ACS, TAP and NAPA. Is that right?

If so, the large events in Las Vegas seem to be larger than ever. The CSI annual event has about 13,000 players present. Several pro events in the Predator PBS are held alongside the amateur events.

I think CSI (BCAPL and USAPL) is the only amateur league using FargoRate.
 
Jaden said:
What have they ever been up to other than collecting fees and further degrading professional pool with their decisions?
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What decisions have they made that have affected professional pool? As far as I'm aware, their business models are for amateur players/events and sponsor some pros to go and do trick shot shows and exhibitions. Did I miss something?
 
I was at the local hall yesterday in Atlanta for the daily special, practicing by myself. My neighbor at the next table asks if I want to play 8 ball. I say I don't like 8 ball, but I'll play 9 ball. He can play a little, I'm guessing 425 fargorate speed. He ends up winning the first game because I missed the 9. He says something like: "How does that work? I made the 9 but you made most of the balls. In APA that I play in, you would have won the game on points". I chuckled and said "The APA does everything backwards. You won that game, period."
 
Tto echo what Bob Jewett said, amateur pool leagues are doing fine. They cater to the largest section of those that play pool, the amateurs. I attend many amateur state and national events either in a sponsor booth or doing those trickshot exhibitions as someone spoke of. And people are happy where they are. The overwhelming majority of those players view pool as a hobby. It's something fun to do with their buddies. It's a night or two out of the house to go drinking and play pool. That is all pool will ever be to them, which is perfectly fine. This is a perspective that many who complain about pool leagues and capped tournaments fail to see.
 
iusedtoberich said:
He says something like: "How does that work? I made the 9 but you made most of the balls. In APA that I play in, you would have won the game on points".
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I've never been in a league. I can't imagine joining one with rules like that. Don't see the point of playing 9 ball with those rules.
 
Bob Jewett said:
He seems to be asking about US amateur league organizations, not about the international organization of the game.
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The OP didn't specify and anyone who knows me on this site, should know that I make tongue in cheek posts in an attempt to elicit humor on ANY subject that lends itself to it. I mean, I'm a funny guy, even when it's semi-serious...lol
 
Frosty said:
Princess Emily could give them the 5 and out on that with decisions she’s made.
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Princess Emily isn't a pool governing body that charges all the people that wanna put something on for the players just for putting their stamp of approval on it, She's the person running the tour that is doing the most for professional pool in today's world.
 
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Jaden said:
Princess Emily isn't a pool governing body that charges all the people that wanna put something on for the players just for putting their stamp of approval on it, She's the person running the tour that is doing the most for professional pool in today's world.
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That’s an opinion,
 
Jaden said:
Part of that is an opinion, not the part about her not being or representing a governing body charging people money for her stamp of approval.
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No she doesn’t charge money for stamp of approval directly. She sells access, that’s her game, and why Barry Hearn’s greedy ass appointed her to that position in the first place.

Those that play in the WNT events are the best players in the world, but they don’t play on the best equipment in the world for the majority of the events. They play on Rasson tables, with ugly ass shark grey CPBA cloth, and ugly ass Dynaspere balls in the wrong colors she picked. So you see, those company’s PAID HER MONEY, for her stamp of approval, to be the official, fill in the blank, of the WNT. How’s that different from the other, or what’s good for the GAME? It’s all semantics when you think about it.
 
iusedtoberich said:
I was at the local hall yesterday in Atlanta for the daily special, practicing by myself. My neighbor at the next table asks if I want to play 8 ball. I say I don't like 8 ball, but I'll play 9 ball. He can play a little, I'm guessing 425 fargorate speed. He ends up winning the first game because I missed the 9. He says something like: "How does that work? I made the 9 but you made most of the balls. In APA that I play in, you would have won the game on points". I chuckled and said "The APA does everything backwards. You won that game, period."
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Well, he was wrong. You should have said "No sir. You won that game, period, even in APA." It's right there in the game rules. Under "How to win a game", for 9-Ball it says "You legally pocket the 9-Ball." How winning a game affects the outcome of the match, or even the rating system, is different between them all. Right or wrong or backwards with respect to scoring and rating is a matter of personal opinion.
 
iusedtoberich said:
I was at the local hall yesterday in Atlanta for the daily special, practicing by myself. My neighbor at the next table asks if I want to play 8 ball. I say I don't like 8 ball, but I'll play 9 ball. He can play a little, I'm guessing 425 fargorate speed. He ends up winning the first game because I missed the 9. He says something like: "How does that work? I made the 9 but you made most of the balls. In APA that I play in, you would have won the game on points". I chuckled and said "The APA does everything backwards. You won that game, period."
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The player is confusing themselves with the difference between a match and a game. You win the match on points but the individual games are won by potting the 9 ball.
 
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