Oh Well....
Yes, oh well to those haters and oh well who defend it, and a shameful view to those who take it personally and insult others just because of a 9 ball, get over it, it's a game!
To answer to the APA pros and cons, I played 15 ball rotation, almost identical to Filipino style when I started, at around 14 or 15 yo., played until I got married at 20 and then moved to the states when I was 24. Went to couple of pool halls in the beginning but was surprised to find nobody that played 15 ball rotation, so stopped playing for about 30 years then I joined the APA just to get out of the house (work from home) enjoyed the first few weeks, but then started to notice the sandbagging, complaining and all the issues with he point system, yet kept playing because of all the people I met, made few friends, etc. Started as a 4, then went up to a 5 and after a year made to a 7, meaning my game started to come back and felt good. Then came the issue of playing with 2s and 3s at times, good for them but I don't find incentive to get better plus all rules are geared towards lower level players and wanted to take my game to a higher level, can't do that in APA, touching and moving balls without penalties, etc. After complaining to myself about it, realized that the APA was not for me anymore and moved to play Masters, no handicap, love it!
That doesn't mean that the APA is bad or sucks, just not for me, it has a group of people who get together socially to have a good time, extremely flexible and easy rules, which happens to be the majority of humanity, not everyone play pool for the same reasons, just find the right environment or league for you and play your best, either with APA, BCA or whatever. Stop calling people that play here or there "less than anyone else", they are happy doing it, isn't the "pursuit of happiness" part of the American way of life? Some use it as an extra income, more power to them, but hustlers? Have no respect for them at all. Play just for the love of the game, fairness and good character should be part of every player, regardless where they play at.
One more thing, people calling out others that they think are aholes to play money with? If I think you are an ahole, I won't play with you, professionalism goes down the tubes, that makes me laugh, nothing more than trying to show thoughness, more times than not, is just the opposite, psychological intimidation doesn't work with real though guys, now flame me if you like, shoot well!