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That's going the other direction. APA apparently is tolerant but other potential sponsors may not be (and who knows how many they've lost in the past because of team names), so yes, it does make perfect sense.

It is 100% about media, image, and protecting the brand (think Cleveland Indians). It is 0% about some adult in a bar being offended. A single off-color name can cost you customers and sponsors, so the rules are a bit strict. Stricter at the national level than at the local level, because...

Welcome to the club. While I am in business for profit and do care about the money, what people usually don't realize is that caring that I get paid for what I do is different than the business strategy I employ to make that money. Mine is the long game. Provide the best product you can and...

I think you're oversimplifying it a bit. In golf, the score you get is player vs course, but that score is compared with the scores of the other golfers, so the competition really is player vs player. Your index depends on course ratings, which are determined by how others do on the same...

How does it not? Claims are made here that the rules have to be the same to accurately compare oneself to others (I even make that claim), yet here is a system that does exactly that without regard to rule sets. It's just an example that seems to go counter to the claims.

I think we're in the same camp. The comment about Fargo was only intended for those who think you can't make a valid comparison between two players who have (1) never played each other, and (2) never played even one game, against anyone, under the same rule set. Either you can, or Fargo...

Great for you. You do you. Instead of bush, use the word hazard if you want, it's irrelevant to the point. The game is no fun for a beginner if they have to use the same rules as the pros.

First, that wasn't my original reply. Second, it will suffice in this case anyway. Read the whole reply, not just the part you cherry-picked. Then apply it to APA competition. Beware though, you must be able to make the leap from "APA competition" to "APA rules" (does that really need to be...

Didn't you just say you can't compare your successes to others if you don't play by the same rule set? The rule sets behind the data going into FargoRate can vary wildly, so how can it work at all?

Read my original reply in this thread and you'll have your answer.

Neither have I, by some standards. I actually have two, and the first came when I was drunk (or hungover, not sure which).

I don't need a handicap because I don't compete. I could compete, all I need is agreement from everyone in the competition on what rules apply for that competition. And I don't care about recognition from the USGA or the R&A for a hole-in-one. I know I did it and my playing partners know I...

You mean like Fargo ratings? Sorry - cheap shot, but impossible to pass up. I'm glad we agree - there's nothing there that I haven't already said. A common rule set is useful only for competitive purposes. There are way more people who don't have a desire to compete (yet, or any more) than...

Oh Oh, I've outgrown the need to impress others and moved on to the "get off my lawn" stage of life. Those who know me tell me how impressive it is that I can play golf at all. That's good enough for me and for many many people in this world. :cool:

Says who? That's my point. It's golf if I call it golf. The R&A and the USGA don't get the absolute say on what is called golf. They get the absolute say on what THEY call golf. That's where their governance ends. Oh, and I've had many an afternoon ruined waiting for some of those...

No, like playing however you want and not worrying about rules until rules matter. When they do matter, like in competition, as long as they're the same for everyone then everyone who voluntarily entered that competition follows the same rules. It doesn't really matter what those rules are...

Most of you know the name Terry Bell, founder and CEO of the American Poolplayers Association. Terry passed away in his home yesterday as the result of a brain tumor. If you knew the man, you knew how charismatic he was, gifted with a silver tongue. Inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 2010...

She was lucky, I guess. I was at the blackjack table once at New York, New York and the dealer told me that nobody on the entire strip, dealers, servers, bartenders, takes time off when the pool players are in town.

It goes deeper than that, but I think you know that. Muscle memory (all in the brain) is all subconscious and is a very hard thing to forget. Just stroking a cue or swinging a golf club involves dozens of muscles in your body, each one needing a signal from your brain to "fire" (both when to...

One thing that will make the lower-rated players play faster is to allow someone else on the team to shout out short instructions at any time during their match. Stuff like "Shoot the 3-Ball" or "Shoot soft". Much of their time at the table is spent trying to pick a ball or decide how to shoot...