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I don't disagree with the theory, but I have a hard time doing that and finding a comfortable way to stroke the cue along or parallel to the line of aim. Even the guy in your avatar looks like he has an alignment issue. How is this done without contorting oneself so much that it creates...

I fail to see how doing it one way or the other makes one rule better or worse than the other. The rule Neil posted is unambiguous - under that rule, the 'clock' starts the instant the ball becomes stationary. If the cue ball rolls around for ten seconds after the object ball becomes...

It seems like a track system could be installed above the tables then mapped so that it can deliver a table vac or a rackbot, or even food orders to the seating area. Getting balls into the rack might be a challenge, though. If it could pick balls out of the table for racking, it could also...

Why not just do a double round-robin and remove the last seven weeks? I realize that won't give you two divisions, but even with two divisions and inter-division play your schedules aren't going to be "equal" because each team in one division plays a different team in the other division twice...

That is correct. Their vision was to build the sport with a grass roots movement like they did with auto racing. When the top end of that movement can't get its act together, the vision kind of fades.

The master settlement agreement (the tobacco class action lawsuit) did require tobacco companies and their brands to limit their sponsorship of professional and amateur sports. R J Reynolds had to revisit their decision to sponsor pool every year, and eventually they eliminated it. Don Mackey...

They seem to have gotten out of the jacket business, due to the difficulty in getting the right sizes for everyone. The last couple of years it has been cue cases, I believe.

Ah, I see where you're coming from. The rule actually says "Breaking safe or soft is not allowed." My guess is that nearly 100% of pool players know exactly what that means, without fleshing out the full technical and legal definition of the word "soft". Not a very good rulebook for whom? I...

So the sentence below is not an objection to the rule? "That is a VERY soft break. If they can do it, I should also be allowed to do it if I think it offers me any advantage to winning the game." It's not game advice, it's a rule to combat sandbagging. Clusters make the average shot tougher...

I think you miss the point of the rule. Breaking soft is a way of running up innings and managing your skill level. Until and unless there's a way to record that and factor the result (the rest of the game, not just that break shot) into a skill level calculation, it will be against the rules...

Then you miss the whole team concept. That's what drives the business model of a league and makes it successful.

Have you taken a look at the 2018-2019 / 2019-2020 version? They did just that. It took them a year to do it. It's 24 pages shorter and by all accounts much more user friendly. :)

And why would the people who are better than you want to play against you? I think it's silly to assume you can only improve by playing someone better than yourself. Every game you play is an opportunity to learn and improve your game, no matter who your opponent is.

That's not entirely true. APA will make good with the members then get it from the LO.

Some of those are the 'standards' that would probably remain. The best players won't play golf with a cheap ball either, although they don't pay for balls anyway. Dead rails I would equate to unplayable bunkers or patchy grass in the fairways. An unlevel table, however, is an artificial...

Consistency in the equipment (tables, balls, cloth) is the desired standard today, no doubt. But what if it wasn't? What if pool was more like golf, where every single hole on every single course is different? What if some tables had more or fewer than six pockets, or the dimensions were...

How did you know when and where the Regional was, and what time to be there to register?

This is a different discussion, and I think we can make some progress here without being dismissive. Please don't make the mistake of thinking that my determination and effort in one area subtract from my determination and effort in the other. I have time and energy to do both. To me, this...

I agree - it's pointless trying to discuss anything with someone who wants to argue apple and oranges and call it logic (or nonsense, depending whether he's talking about the apple or the orange). Enjoy your time in the APA and your other pool playing endeavors. That's really what's...

This is discussed in the Official Team Manual. It's on page 36 in the current manual, under "APA Championship Lowest Attainable Rule". You can find the Official Team Manual here. No, not a rule. But it is quite odd, and it's not a surprise to me that your 8-Ball skill level was adjusted...