Recent content by TCIndepMo

OK, so my local "old man touch football city league" collects $10 a week from 50-75 guys, which goes to pay for field maintenance (someone has to chalk the lines), equipment (no deflated balls around here) and pay the refs. Whatever money is left goes to the end of season (usually 8 to 12...

The APA acknowledges the existence of, but has never seriously pursued, the professional players (define that however you want) that roam the poolhalls of America. Very doubtful they will be throwing any money in that direction. No reason to. The market the APA is after are the lessor...

Yes, the 1 minute rule is a guideline. Otherwise you will have the other team hovering over the table with a stop watch and ready to pounce at exactly 60 seconds. You could be solving one problem (slow play) but creating a much bigger one (sportsmanship complaints all night long). I always...

The American Poolplayers Assoc (APA) started nationaly in the Summer of 1979 in the St Louis area. Soon followed by other areas in Missouri and Illinois. In first few years most franchises were in the Mid West states. The national parent organization has always been the APA, but early on had...

When I was an APA LO I always told players/captains the TIME OUT was for coaching, not for teaching. Also APA rule manual (bottom of page 7) says "Each Coaching - 1 minute limit" . The entire theory of shot speed (from 1 to 5; 1 to 10; slow, medium or hard; whatever ) can really muddy up...

You said the town now has no "pool hall", but what about bars/lounges with pool tables? Are there enough to provide a team or two each so as to populate a full division (six teams minimum to start)? Most location owners are not going to be against an activity that makes them money - like a...

In Kansas City, Jackson County area six dollars per player ($30 for team) per week and players split the quarters. Although the individual match fee might be going up in next few sessions. Up to new LO to decide. Some HL owners pay annual memberships of players, plus t-shirts and house rounds...

The waters can get real muddy, real fast but essentially - it seems like you get it. Neither league operator A or league operator B is playing favorites and they have zero control over what another LO does in another area. All LOs report to the same APA authority in Lake St Louis but the APA...

Two different SLs from two current APA areas is possible because each area inputs ONLY THOSE SCORES from their own area into their database. (similar to a softball player in the Monday night cut throat anything goes league where every game is playing as a blood sport and his Monday BA is only...

I used to be an APA League Operator, but retired a month ago. Haven't been out of the saddle long. I used to "play favorites" all the time. The category of players I would favor is the honest players who keep score properly, don't pad their innings and reported any suspected sandbagging for...

In APA play offense is defined as trying to actually SINK (key word here) one of your own balls. If you are not playing offense, then you are playing defense. Defensive shots are to be recorded for that specific shooter. No need for both teams/shooters/coaches/captains/score keepers to agree...

What is the name of this APA league operator or rep that is telling you this? In my area if I can see the ball then it's not DOWN. Squeezed together maybe, awkward to hit maybe, almost sure foul (depending on position of other interferring balls) for next shooter maybe. But not DOWN.

"..not only does he earn the reputation of being a rat for what a..." How about he earns a reputation as being honest and going by the rules? I can't believe the way some minds work on this board. Some of you apparently think if you get caught, then cheating is cheating. But if you don't...

It's cheating. And the guilty teams, once found out, can be penalized all the way up to complete suspension and loss of any higher level tournament eligibility they may have earned. And it's always found out, eventually. Too many people have to be involved and they can't keep their mouths...

For Jackson County Missouri (much of greater Kansas City and some suburbs): In house divisions - envelopes are picked up around midnight the same night of play. Processed and updates posted when I get home and before going to bed. For example, when Tuesday in house players get to work on...