APA screwed our very own sleinen out of a national championship
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Turns out Sean isn’t a liar. You are. Completely misstated almost every facet of the story. You should be ashamed for making such erroneous, misleading statements.
Sean is a friend. Over the many opportunities we've had to talk I've found him to be intelligent beyond belief. He's posted here about his APA journey over the months leading up to his Vegas visit. I quit APA two years ago because I found them to be disingenuous regarding player ratings and payouts. Their whole system is rigged to make money for APA, not the players. Sad to see Sean and his team treated in such a way.
Wonder if he or his team was warned about the player rating problem in advance of the final match? Someone had to complain. Just sad!
Lyn
Russ said Sean got screwed. I saw that and Sean's reply and thought he got screwed.
One thing about his post was funny. He said the best player on the winning team was drunk and misbehaving. Isn't that mandatory in the APA rules - you must have at least one drunken idiot on your team?
Its the 'world championship'...... the quota is 2 goddamnit. :thumbup:
Play VNEA?
Same crappy tables but the regular payouts are better.
Winning in Vegas pays less but you can't get DQ'd.
You may get raised to the next level but only after you finish top 8 at the world's - and get paid.
We had a local girl in the APA, a 4 I think, who had this happen to her too. Played the best pool of her life. She
got DQ'd and a ban. She wasn't a bagger and most of her friends were from league. The APA sucks. I'm sure some thieving league operator will defend it to the death but it still sucks compared to most all other leagues out there.
Same crappy tables but the regular payouts are better.
Winning in Vegas pays less but you can't get DQ'd.
You may get raised to the next level but only after you finish top 8 at the world's - and get paid.
We had a local girl in the APA, a 4 I think, who had this happen to her too. Played the best pool of her life. She
got DQ'd and a ban. She wasn't a bagger and most of her friends were from league. The APA sucks. I'm sure some thieving league operator will defend it to the death but it still sucks compared to most all other leagues out there.
I’m not sure that guy was drunk, he was just a little eccentric and excited
A lot of people would agree with you, and still a lot of people would disagree with you.
I think that like most things it is what what you make of it. It can be a bad or good
experience.
Amazing that 9 pages were devoted to 'leagues' !
Leagues weren't started for fun.
They were started to make money !
And that is what they do very well.
They fill pool rooms nite after nite for money.
Now, in this day, they keep a lot of rooms alive.
But for me, its sad that pool has been turned into bowling !
Pushout forever !
Leagues weren't started for fun.
They were started to make money !
And that is what they do very well.
They fill pool rooms nite after nite for money.
Now, in this day, they keep a lot of rooms alive.
But for me, its sad that pool has been turned into bowling !
Pushout forever !
I would love pool to turn into bowling success wise.
Bowling ally’s in my town. 5 (and more not far out of town)
Pool halls in my town. 0
If you want pool to thrive someone has to make money
I've been a friend of Sean's for years and can say unequivocally that he would never be associated with cheating at pool in any form.
I didn't read this entire thread but whatever Sean's role was, non-player, friend of the team, cheerleader, it doesn't really matter as far as believe-ability in what he says. If Sean is telling how things went, you should believe him.
It does sound crappy how things went for this team, imo.
I played APA league for just a couple of sessions many years ago and when I was asked to dumb-down my play a few times, I knew I wasn't gonna be involved for long.
best,
brian kc
I didn't read this entire thread but whatever Sean's role was, non-player, friend of the team, cheerleader, it doesn't really matter as far as believe-ability in what he says. If Sean is telling how things went, you should believe him.
It does sound crappy how things went for this team, imo.
I played APA league for just a couple of sessions many years ago and when I was asked to dumb-down my play a few times, I knew I wasn't gonna be involved for long.
best,
brian kc
I stand corrected. It was Russ who said the guy on one of the top 4 teams was drunk.
https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?498345&p=6459942#post6459942
If true then his is one of the great moments in the history of the APA. Being drunk doesn't get you tossed, fined or punished. Playing good pool gets you tossed, fined and punished.
Timmy Heath wasn’t drunk, that’s just how he is.
No official statement from the APA.
Whatever happen, the APA got paid.
When its time for the losers to go home either by loss or DQ isn't a concern?
There are lots of sides to the debate and the APA has not presented their official version of the events.
Whatever happen, the APA got paid.
When its time for the losers to go home either by loss or DQ isn't a concern?
There are lots of sides to the debate and the APA has not presented their official version of the events.
They don’t have to present anything. That’s the rule. Period.