A simple answer to the APA/BCA Amateur League dilemma

I was part of an in-house league a put on by a legit pool room. It was a league of serious players of all abilities, playing straight pool, on 9' tables. It was handicapped. This was a room in Philly in the 90's when straight pool was still played daily there. It was round robin with maybe 10 or 15 guys. Each member scheduled their own match, and were supposed to play once or twice per week (I forgot now). All the members meant well, but it was a pain in the butt scheduling the match with the opponent, scheduling make up matches, etc. About half way through, it was just dragging on for everyone, and becoming a nag. We finished it, but didn't do it again.

This I believe is similar to what the OP was aiming for.
There was none of the drama like APA stuff, but it still was a nag.
 
Garo 7 said:
So, I was thinking... with all the talk lately about serious players unhappy with the APA & BCA amateur leagues, format, table size, handicap system, memberships, etc., it seems we really need a league that is for more serious players. I mean if the primary focus of the current leagues is really to have a good time playing and socialize, then you cant really fault this I think. I mean hey, it's their league and they have been enjoying it a damn long time. It just doesn't hold much value for the most serious players among us.
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Watching what is actually happening in pool rooms in my state, I'm not seeing this unhappiness with league players that are not in it to be "serious". As a matter of fact, leagues seem to be be exploding and are doing nothing but helping the pool rooms.

Serious players should just quit bitching, either change their attitude or leave league play. It is far easier to change me than 1000's of other people, lol.

Nonetheless, in my experience, the BCAPL leagues tend to be the best fit for "serious" players, but there are not enough "serious" players to make them viable.
 
The answer is don't play any league

Jason<----has no idea what the question is, but that's the correct answer
 
A few years ago I was on a BCAPL team. The Wednesday night league had at least 200-220 players and we filled up a room with 2 9 foot tables and 14 8 foot tables. {{The 9 foot tables were cash games of 9-ball; while the 8 foot tables were league.}}

Of the 200 players, 3 or 4 were capable of giving a Fargo 650 a run.

So, no, a league for that level of players would crash and burn rather rapidly. Simply not enough players.
 
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