"Ruh Roh" I was in league play. A less than popular league here on AZ...lol. I'll make sure not to let it happen again just to be safe. I think I'll just remove the regular CB at the start of the match. That should fix the situation.
If one was to infer that perhaps your less than popular league has a name that starts with an 'A' and ends with an 'A' , you may simply refer to their
Official Team Manual:
In the eight-ball rules , section 11, beginning on page 51 ,
there are various ways to lose; your situation is not covered in that section , and it
therefore does not apply.
So we will move back to section 10 , fouls . on page 49 it clearly states
"
these are the only fouls resulting in ball-in-hand.All other violations are sportsmanship violations". Your situation is not listed under this section.
There are certain 'violations' in the league that starts with an 'A' that require the opponent to stop you before you commit them , or no penalty will be assessed. An example would be failing to shoot from behind the
headstring with ball-in-hand on the first shot after a break . The rules say you must do it , but if you don't , and he doesn't stop you prior to the shot , no penalty may be assessed.
Sportmanship violations would require either malicious intent , or a repeated pattern. You had no malicious intent , and you're not going to do it again , soooo ...
YOU WIN !
By the way , if you are dealing with the APA , you can ask them rules questions directly at their website , poolplayers.com by clicking on the contacts box at the top of their page. You generally receive a fast , courteous , and CORRECT reply. Beats the HECK out of 'somebody told me'
it was like this. In my region , even the League operator has frequently had incorrect assessments of the rules until a national 'clarification' is sent.
