Sounds perfectly legal to me.
Call safe and tie up or shoot your opponents balls in.
im probably misunderstanding, but are yall suggesting that you can call safe, hit your opponents ball first, and not give up a foul? this piqued my interest, so i’m reading the wpa rules right now and can’t find where this is listed.In and safe has always been legal in 8-ball.
from: https://wpapool.com/rules-of-play/
3.6 Shots Required to Be Called
On each shot except the break, shots must be called as explained in 1.6 Standard Call Shot.
The eight ball may be called only after the shot on which the shooter’s group has been cleared
from the table. The shooter may call “safety” in which case play passes to the opponent at the
end of the shot and any object ball pocketed on the safety remains pocketed. (See 8.17 Safety Shot.)
from: 8.17
8.17 Safety Shot
A shot is said to be a safety shot if the game in play is a call shot game and the shooter
declared the shot to the referee or his opponent to be a “safety” before the shot. Play passes to
the other player at the end of a safety shot.
from: 3.9
3.9 Standard Fouls
If the shooter commits a foul, play passes to his opponent. The cue ball is in hand, and the
incoming player may place it anywhere on the playing surface. (See 1.5 Cue Ball in Hand.)
The following are standard fouls at eight ball:
6.1 Cue Ball Scratch or off the Table
6.2 Wrong Ball First The first ball contacted by the cue ball on each shot must belong to the shooter’s group, except when the table is open. (See 3.4 Open Table /Choosing Groups).
again i might just be misreading what you fellas are saying initially in which case i apologize.