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Sam I must be mistaken but I thought you posted a few minutes ago that your original post was not bashing any league. I must be confused as it sure seems like it to me. Or are you not sure which one of your faces you are talking out of.

I did try it for one session. Played against numerous players who dumped week after week. I actually won more than I lost but was sick of playing APA 7's who were 4's nad who would get a lead with almost no misses and then dump the match to let me win so they could stay a 4. I know exactly what...

Nice work Sam. This would be Sam Rullo from the TAP National Office. VP of sales. I have seen varioys posts from Mark Griffin of the BCA and also from various APA League Operators. They spen time clarifying misconceptions about their league, not soliciting new members. The TAP league must be...

TAP is a great league for me. I play in the APA and the TAP league has taken all of the sandbaggers away and given them another place to play and cheat. In the TAP league in our area, the same team won 3 years in a row and their handicaps went down. Nice system. There are APA 7's in TAP that are...

In the league that I play in, abut 35% of the players are 4's and about 35% of the players are 3's. I agree with justadub on the fact that both men and women are both failry handicapped regardless of the skill level. The APA team manual says that the average man is a 4 so they start as a 4...

On the team that I am a captain of we have a scoring rule. Someone scores the first match (usually me or another one of higher level players) and then whomever played the 1st match, scores the second match and so on. We have 7 or 8 players out every week so it is easy. By doing this it free's...

Very well said.

The TAP league has advertised that they had a 2 year deal at Bally's. However they also advertised they had a 2 year deal in Myrtle Beach and a 2 year deal in Orlando but were only in those places for 1 year each. I have it from a pretty good source that they could not fill the committed room...

You are best off to support 2 leagues and try to get them to play on 2 nights each on Monday thru Thursday. For business purposes I would stick to the BCA and the APA. They are both well known and some of the other leagues may not be as well known in your area ex. ACS or TAP. The BCA will...

Yes your summary is wrong - very wrong Lets break it down shall we 1) pay a lot of money - I say $6-8 for a night out with my friends is not alot of money - therefor WRONG 2) Not a lot of payout - I have been to Vegas 3 times plus won money from cash tournaments. Seeing as I play in the...

I am trying to get a feeling for how good the avaerage poster is in playing ability

"9 ball no push,no jump cues-even if you can use one properly....what are they doing here?" They are levelling the playing field. This is what gives the lower players a better chance to win in this league than any other I have played in. I have played BCA and in the league I played in the...

Sorry but I happen to believe that the system works. If you have a team where 7 out of the 8 players go up in half a session then the idiot who put those players together in a 23 handicap league is the guy at fault. Not the system.

How did you start the session without realizing that most of your players were underranked. That is not the fault of the system but the fault of the captain. Not sure if they were new or not but if anyone on the team had played APA for even 1 session prior, then they should have realized what...

I hate to disappoint you but you did indeed write a book. Your version is called fiction. You do not need to sandbag and cheat to get to Vegas. I have done it 3 times since 1995 (2 8-ball, 1 9-ball) and I have not had a cheater or sandbagger on my team. One year we finshed 17th one year we...

When i bought my table for my new house i went to my pool hall where i play alot and spoke to the owner. He said he was ordering a few new gold crown's the next year and he would tack one on to his order for me. His guys even came and set it up for me. I got a new gold crown, simonis and all...

Fantastic post.

I am curious as to if this is your guess as to how it works or is this a fact I would be suprised if they only count wins as I have seen players lose a very close well played match and actually go up in handicap. Can you please respond wjether this is speculation or fact and if it is a fact...

If what you are saying is true, the "family and neighbors" have all attained higher skill levels than a 3 in the first sesssion they played. That tells me that they were in most cases avid pool players to begin with and you should have seen that coming. New players to the game do not reach a...