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Rule Amendments
Rule Amendments: A.
Handicapped Soft Cap (23) with penalties for going over the cap.
The cap is in place to encourage teams to play on a level playing field. There is no reason the top 3 players in the league should be
on the same team. By doing so it
creates an unfair advantage. The
AZPL recognizes the disadvantage this puts other teams in. If players of that caliber wish to play together they will
still be allowed to however, they will be penalized for every point they are
over the cap.
Every
player will be given a rating from the AZPL and it will be posted on the AZPL
website. The AZPL will be assigning
ratings to everyone in the league. How
the handicap works:
There
is No Minimum Win requirement to get handicap points The ratings will be assigned &
manually adjusted for accuracy based strictly on your performance exclusively in
the AZPL. If the league operator
feels you are playing above/below your rating it will be adjusted.
These ratings will have NOTHING to do with ANY outside rating source.
Whether you are a 6 in the APA, a 7 in TAP, a 9 in the BCA or a 10 in the
Arizona Ratings it will not have anything to do with your rating in the AZPL.
Some of you will have your rating go up, some will go down; the majority
will stay the same. Remember, these
ratings are based solely on your performance in this league ONLY. The ratings scale will range from 4-10.
4 would be considered a beginner with 10 being a top player in the
league. Most of the players in the AZPL are 6-8. For
their first two matches in the league men will be rated a 6, women a 5, unless
otherwise determined. After that
the automated rating will kick in. Your post-season (State Championships)
performance will be factored into your rating as well as your regular season
performance. B.
Teams that finish in 1st & 2nd place in the State Championships will
automatically start in the 9am time slot on Saturday morning in the following Championship regardless where they finish in the regular season as long as they
qualify for the tournament. If a team fails to qualify then they'll start
in the Wild Card. C.
Tournament eligibility will be based on your rating.
The minimum number of matches to be eligible for Championship play is
equal to your rating meaning if you are a 7 you must play in at least 7 matches
to qualify for your team. If you
are a 9 you must play in at least 9 matches.
No more “minimum match” ringers in the tournament. Occasionally we
have a team who for whatever reason cannot meet those requirements. In that
situation they can use a player that hasn't met the minimum requirements but has
played on their team during the season. The penalty for this is a half
point added to their rating for every match they are short. Meaning a 7
that has played only 5 matches would be raised to an 8 (half point each for the
6th & 7th match) for the tournament. However, the team still must be
under the 23-cap rule in base ratings or they are subject to the over-the-cap
penalty. D.
Players that are rated 9 or higher cannot be on more than
one team together. You can play on
more than one night but you cannot have any common members with your other team.
Not even as a sub. E.
Break & Runs – If you break and run out all of your balls AND sink the
8-ball for the win the opposing player will not receive credit for any balls
that YOU sunk whether on the break or accidentally while shooting.
The score will be 10-0. F.
When playing short-handed (less than 3 players) the vacant spot (the forfeit)
counts as 4 points toward the handicap total.
G.
Teams that owe money at the end of the season will be automatically dropped from
State Championship tournament eligibility and have to qualify via the Wild Card
Tournament as long as their past due balance is paid in full before the start of
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