The sooner you get out of that league, the better.
BCA and ACS do attract better players, because people who have the capacity to be better - also have the capacity to be intolerant of rip-off leagues, and want something better. People who have the brain cells to learn pool and improve, have the brain cells to realize how awful the APA is.
Notice the biggest fear APA players have, which is mentioned here, which is heard throughout the years as the reason many won't join BCA/ACS -- The other guy will run out.
Awwww boo hoo. Big time crybaby league filled with insecure people and those who fear challenges and competition.
But yeah, it is not uncommon at all for APA league nights to last past midnight, sometimes to 1am. This is terrible for players. Unless...
- You've got no spouse, children or a job.
- You've got no life and enjoy watching SL3's pound balls into rails for 45 innings all night.
- You're a drunk who hates your home-life and you avoid it by being in the APA on a weeknight.
Or a combination of the above.
No matter how much the APA claims they work toward keeping play moving along, even offering a guide for speeding up league nights, they don't want to.
The APA in most areas has a symbiotic relationship with the local pool rooms.
The APA format is designed to keep people in bars and pool rooms as long as possible. That's more liquor and food sales.
They are greedy, because a room and league should be satisfied with bringing in players for 2.5 - 3 hours. The APA appeals to room owners for how many drinkers they bring in and for the amount of time they can keep them tied down in that room.
Because of this symbiotic relationship, some APA Leagues become mafia like and like to strong arm room owners. Threatening to pull leagues out of their rooms if they don't get their way.
If you are an owner and you like the business the APA brings in, great! More power to you. But if you don't need the APA, be careful inviting this parasite into your room. It will grow and expand, and push out non-league players. Then once your business depends on the APA, you are not longer the owner of your room, you're a partner in your own business.