Scratch on break - ball in hand - not in kitchen

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At my BCA league on Tuesday night, the envelope had the usual stuff but also the following from "Behind The Line News Letter 7/27/10"

Captains, please share this with your players:

New BCA Rules starting tonight

Rule 2.4.3 The penalty for any foul on the break has changed from ball in hand in the kitchen to ball in hand. rules 2.3.3 (b), 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.4.2 (a) and 2.4.3 have been changed ind consolidated to reflect this change.

Rule 2.4.3 (c) If the breaker makes the 8-ball and fouls, the incoming player may no longer require the breaker to re-rack and break again.

Does anyone know if the world standardized rules for 8-ball are going to be following a similar pattern? Other 8-ball leagues?

Thanks

Interesting that it's 2016 and I started playing according to this rule change a while back, but noticed in the official 8 ball BCA rules it still states that a scratch on break results in BIH behind the head string....

Does everyone still play by the newer version of this rule? BIH on break scratch?

BCA rules and BCAPL rules are governed by two totally different organizations.

The OP's league is playing using BCAPL rules (governed by CSI), which OVER 5 YEARS AGO changed the break rule to BIH anywhere after a foul. I advise the OP to contact his league operator and ask why has it taken him so long to notice the rule change??? What other rules is your league playing by that do not conform??

Now, in the BCAPL, leagues are free to use whatever rules they want. So it could be that the league operator decided to wait until now to bring his league into conformity on the rule. But in this case, the OP's story seems to suggest that his league operator does not have a good handle on what is going on.