Doing the math by percentages isn't really a fair way to compare. League fees are usually set in one dollar increments (every league, not just APA) per player, so when there's a difference you're comparing $6 to $7 (17%) or $7 to $8 (14%), etc. Maybe one day when there is no more cash and everyone pays for everything electronically, there can be more granularity in fee structures, but for now nobody wants to make captains collect $6.32 from each player.
APA 8 ball league fees
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Doing the math by percentages isn't really a fair way to compare. League fees are usually set in one dollar increments (every league, not just APA) per player, so when there's a difference you're comparing $6 to $7 (17%) or $7 to $8 (14%), etc. Maybe one day when there is no more cash and everyone pays for everything electronically, there can be more granularity in fee structures, but for now nobody wants to make captains collect $6.32 from each player.
Here in RI it is $50 a week per team (APA) for either eight or nine ball - $10 for each person that plays
APA Fees
we pay $9.00/ each, $45.00/night,open tables, Maryland.
we pay $9.00/ each, $45.00/night,open tables, Maryland.
Wow...what a cheap sob! LOL Of course 8 plane tickets from ME cost too! 25 years ago I gave my teams 4 rooms for 8 players, plus $100 each food money. Now I was only 800 miles from Vegas, so my teams drove (I gave them gas $$$ too).
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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I dont remember the dollar amount we received in 2013 as I just told the lo to make all arrangements for us
We got 6 round trip plane tickets....2 had to be rescheduled at an extra cost.
4 rooms for 6 days
550. 00 cash after all arrangements
350.00 from the national office once we arrived in vegas
In the one area of upstate NY the guy charges everyone $2 per patch and $11 per player for 8 ball. Someone is making out well.
I think if our LO tried to tell bar owners what they could and couldn't do the room owners would tell tell our LO to shove it and to take their APA somewhere else. Some places open the tables, some places do not, and sometimes those of us that have them will just use our table keys. Generosity by a bar owner never goes unnoticed and is always appreciated, as is true for a lack of generosity
Leagues generate a lot of money for bars usually so........
APA is just a flat fee per session, If you have 8 players and a 15 week session then its 40 dollars a night and if your team splits all dues, then 5 bucks a night. Plus Playoffs is separate
Now some teams only make the players that play that night pay, which would be 8 bucks a night per player. I frown upon team captains that do this for it is a team event, split even or go play singles.
As far as green fees, its bar discretion. We have pool halls with open tables that charges 10 bucks for the whole night, that is 5 a team, or 1 buck per player that played. We also have coin ops places, so 75 cents would be quarter for bar and quarter per player, $1 table is 50 cents to bar and 1 quarter a player, 50 cent tables are split between players.
A lot of bars/pool halls also offer free play to home teams when you play at home or if 2 home teams play, They also offer to pay half of session fees or all of it, really depends on bar/pool hall and if they are trying to get people in there.
This is in SC.
I no longer play APA, I only play 1 night of TAP a week, and all other times are practice or tournaments, but applies to both TAP and APA.
Now I don't understand why any one would want to play APA once you get the pool hall fever and actually understand the game, but to each their own I guess.
Now some teams only make the players that play that night pay, which would be 8 bucks a night per player. I frown upon team captains that do this for it is a team event, split even or go play singles.
As far as green fees, its bar discretion. We have pool halls with open tables that charges 10 bucks for the whole night, that is 5 a team, or 1 buck per player that played. We also have coin ops places, so 75 cents would be quarter for bar and quarter per player, $1 table is 50 cents to bar and 1 quarter a player, 50 cent tables are split between players.
A lot of bars/pool halls also offer free play to home teams when you play at home or if 2 home teams play, They also offer to pay half of session fees or all of it, really depends on bar/pool hall and if they are trying to get people in there.
This is in SC.
I no longer play APA, I only play 1 night of TAP a week, and all other times are practice or tournaments, but applies to both TAP and APA.
Now I don't understand why any one would want to play APA once you get the pool hall fever and actually understand the game, but to each their own I guess.
Here I think there is maybe two or three actual pool rooms. Most of the venues are bars with 2 or 3 tables, pool is an afterthought that generally has to compete with karaoke or trivia night. They might miss a few bucks for a while but the suggestion has been made that room owners might want to consider opening the tables for leagues, a few were agreeable, most declined in no uncertain terms
How much do you have to pay for patches in your league? 8 ball on break, rackless, etc... Is it free, $1, $2 or more??
Zero....our lo also had a program where you could fill out a form for a drawing to singles nationals nationals in lieu of a patch....not sure if its in effect this year since I have not seen any forms In our packet lately .
Ours are free.
Are you saying that instead of a patch you get to enter your name into a random drawing to go to the National Singles tournament to shoot in it without winning your way there through Boards and Regional qualifiers?
When I played APA, the patches were free. The APA leagues in my area do not reward any cash prizes. Meaning all you win is either trophies, a paid trip to Gold Cup, a paid trip to APA Nationals in Las Vegas, or a shot at a shot to win a trip to Las Vegas.
That is pretty messed up.
We get those little lapel pins, we don't get patches anymore, but the pins are free