Category: League Business

League Starts Tomorrow!

Tomorrow begins our 2024-2025 season.  The week 1 schedule is below.  Please note the venue for teams with names you don’t recognize, as that’s where you’ll be playing.

Please remember to bring $50 per person for the first week of play.  $10 is for weekly dues, $20 is for team registration, and $20 is for BCA registration.

If you are a brand new team (3 or 4 of the main 4 players have never played in our league before) you are required to pay double dues for the first half of the season and no dues once you’re paid off.  As such, new teams should bring $60 instead of $50.

The following people have already paid their BCA fee through another league and are not responsible for the $20 BCA registration fee.  If you are not on this list, BCA does not have you registered for this year.  If you think you should be, you need to contact the league manager of whatever league you think you should be registered through.

Bryan Haneiwich, Curtis Johnson, Caroline Platt, Crystal Berlanga, David Freeman, Dominique Smoot, Ken Lee, Ken Key, Leon Gordon, Lois Nelson, Louis Aranda, Malik Folks, Martin Galarza, Rae DeGourville, Roenn Boney, Roscoe Brown, Samir Ahmed and Ted Marks

Good luck and have fun!

Week 1 Schedule

DateTeamsResultsLeagueVenue
Rock N Shack
90 West 4
Tuesday
Rack N' Shack
JP’s 3
Cozy Inn 4
Tuesday
JP's Sports Bar & Grill
90 West 1
JP’s 4
Tuesday
90 West Lounge
Banter Bar 6
Scarlet Knights
Tuesday
Banter Bar
Scarlet Lady 6
Reyes of Sunshine
Wednesday
Scarlet Lady Saloon
90 West 2
Banter Bar 7
Wednesday
90 West Lounge
Cue-Tang Clan
Rack N Shack 3
Wednesday
American Legion
Banter Bears
Cozy Inn 2
Wednesday
Banter Bar
Brennan’s 2
Bryan & The 3 Amigos
Wednesday
Brennan's Pub
Cozy Inn 3
Scarlet Lady 8
Wednesday
Cozy Inn
The Not So Fast Eddies
The Rack Pack
Wednesday
JP's Sports Bar & Grill

League Starts Tonight!

The 2023-2024 season begins tonight!  A few reminders!

Weekly dues are $10 per person.  Team Registration fee is $80 total.  BCA fees are $20 per person.  A 4 man team should be paying $50 a piece tonight, or $200 total.

If anybody believes they have already paid their BCA registration for this season through another league, please include the name of the player and the league they paid through in the notes on the score sheet.

Please write in full names for everyone when its their first time playing.  This week that includes EVERYBODY.   After this week, that includes any regular player or sub whos first night of play it is.  If you don’t write down a last name for a sub, they will be considered a generic sub and stats will not be attributed to them, so if you or they want their stats kept up to date, make sure their last name is included.

If you are putting in extra money, please note what it’s for.  If a sub is playing, please check the box marked SUB on the score sheet.

If the Pea rule is invoked, it MUST be done before the 3rd game is played, and the Pea can ONLY be inserted in the 4th player’s spot.  If you aren’t sure if someone is coming, put them 4th so they can be replaced by the Pea if necessary.

Scoresheets MUST be texted or emailed to Mike after being signed by both captains and completely filled out on the night of play.  Failure to send score sheet images could delay updates for the entire league.  The phone number and email address to send score sheet images to is printed at the bottom of the score sheet.

Both nights have a 22 week season, which means for a player to full pay for the entire season, it’s $220 (weekly dues) + $20 (BCA) + $20 (team registration on a 4 person team) = $260.  You’ll see $960 owed dues next to each team, which includes the weekly dues and team registration fee.  BCA payments are found on the team page’s player roster.  As you pay, the $960 number goes down.

Have fun!

BCA Vegas Tournament and No Shows – Week 18

Some teams were in Vegas this week for the BCA tournament.  Many of these teams did not contact their scheduled opponents to let them know they wouldn’t be available to play their league matches.  Unfortunately, much of this is due to a miscommunication that I – Mike Schwartz – am personally responsible for.  The officers became aware of this situation a few weeks ago, and we discussed rescheduling week 18, but didn’t actually do it, which is 100% on us.  Because I thought this was going to happen, I told the captains of the no show teams who contacted me that we, the officers, would take care of it, which we didn’t.

That said, quite a few teams showed up for their matches last week and didn’t have opponents.  They did nothing wrong and some of them had to stand outside in the rain while waiting for a team that wasn’t going to show up.  This is a somewhat complicated issue, with shared blame to go around.  As such, the officers and grievance committee are discussing options.  There isn’t a single solution that will please everyone.  The teams who showed up expect 16-0 forfeit wins.  The teams who were in Vegas expect that, both because I told them the officers would handle the situation, and the fact that they were playing in the very BCA tournament they pay fees for through this league, that the matches would be rescheduled.

This many 16-0 forfeits will likely be very disruptive to the league.  Teams that had nothing to do with this will suffer as a result.  Due to the obvious extenuating circumstances, the standard no show rules may or may not apply, depending on the decision of the grievance committee and officers.

This situation came about because usually the BCA Vegas tournament is held in the summer, but this year the dates changed.  That isn’t an excuse, as we knew these date changes were to happen, but that’s why it wasn’t originally scheduled as byes.  For future, the officers will make sure not to schedule matches during the week(s) of the BCA tournament.

I personally apologize for my role in this issue, and I hope that whatever the decision is, it’s understood that there are many factors involved, that we realize not everyone will be happy with the decision, and, at the end of the day, this is a recreational, small money pool league where the main goal is fun.  We hope that the majority agree that the goal is to actually play pool.  While we understand the desire to take a 16-0 forfeit win, especially in these circumstances where the people who showed up did nothing wrong, we request that everyone take a look at the big picture, understand that a lot of human error was involved, that we’ve got a plan in place so that this doesn’t ever happen again, and that the ideal situation is that the matches are made up and played.  We are looking at ways to incentivize the teams who met with no shows without a major disruption to the league, and hope to have a resolution soon.

Things To Know For The 2022 Mini Season

Hello Westside 8 Ball League!

We are finally ready to get back to playing pool.  Our 2022 mini season will start March 1st & 2nd and run 9 weeks on Tuesday/7 weeks on Wednesday.  We will qualify for BCA and get back into the swing of things and be ready for a full 2022-2023 season to start at our normal time in September 2022.

Here are some important notes.  Please read them all, it’s all important info!

Due to the shortened season, we are cutting the team registration fee from $80 to $40 for this season only.  This does not include the BCA Registration fee which is $20 per player.  As such, Week 1 Dues are $40 per player, which includes $10 in registration, $10 in weekly dues, and $20 for BCA registration.  All subsequent weeks of play require $10 in weekly dues per player.

We will try to be as COVID safe as possible.  We will have a zero tolerance policy for any sort of COVID shaming.  Bars will be following local guidelines, but if mask mandates are lifted and someone wants to wear a mask, let them.  If they don’t want to shake your hand, it’s not bad sportsmanship, let them be.  Please do not harass anyone for their safety choices.  Erring on the side of caution doesn’t adversely effect anyone else.

As of right now, 90 west is the only scoresheet dropoff location.  We are trying to secure a second location, so watch for updates.  Scoresheets MUST be turned in on the night of play. Reminder that the visiting team is responsible for turning in both scoresheets, and BOTH teams are responsible for making sure that an image of the scoresheet is sent to Mike Schwartz as soon as the match is finished.  We’d rather have both teams send an image than neither, so after the match, as you’re both signing the sheets and turning in the money, get that picture taken and sent immediately.

Please look over the schedule and make sure there aren’t any oddities.  Each team should play every other team one time.

The officers are also cutting their stipend in half for this season so that more money goes to the prize pool at the end, even though Pete and Angela have arguably worked harder this season to make the league happen than ever before.  The only extra cost is the website hosting fees that Mike Schwartz has been paying the entire pandemic, but we will work out the numbers and probably put those fees off until next season so that the prize pool isn’t heavily affected.

We are looking forward to a fun season and a chance to play pool again after all this time, so be good spots and enjoy yourselves!

Website Updates for the 2022 Mini Season

In preparation for the upcoming season, the website has undergone a series of updates.

The 2019 Archives page has been set up.
The Tuesday Schedule and Standings page has been updated.
The Wednesday Schedule and Standings page has been updated.
The Captain’s List has been made current.
The Locations page has been updated.
Team and Individual Standings Pages have been prepared for league data (These will not properly populate until schedules are updated and first matches are played.)
The Officers and Grievance Committee did not change, so that page was left as is.
The Bullpen has no updates currently (if you’d like to add your name to the bullpen, please email djmichaelbasic@gmail.com with your full name, email, phone number and if you can play Tuesday, Wednesday, or Both.
The Schedules have been made current.
All Registered Team pages have been updated for the new season.

The site has also had some upgrades under the hood as well as aesthetically.  As the season progresses, new functionality might be added.  We’ll see.

Signups for the 2021-2022 Season

First, apologies for the lack of updates here.

The league start date has not been set yet, however, we are looking at mid october to see what happens with COVID-19 as schools re-open.  This will give us time to figure out what bars will be open and available to us, and what protocols will be.

Here is the link to sign up your team.  Before choosing a home bar, please confirm with the venue that it is still open and available to host our league on your preferred night of play.

Sign Up Form – Click Me!

We look forward to resuming the league as soon as safely possible!

Website Updates for the 2019-2020 Season

In preparation for the upcoming season, the website has undergone a series of updates.

The scoresheets have been updated to reflect secondary table runs.  They also include details on fees that need to be paid, and a checkbox for when you use a sub.
Teams and players have been added to the 2019-2020 season.  (Note that player lists will not populate until after the first week of play, however, captains have been added to each team.)
The 2018 archive has been created in Past Seasons.
The Captain’s List has been made current.
All Registered Team pages have been updated for the new season.
The Locations page has been updated.
Team and Individual Standings Pages have been prepared for league data (These will not properly populate until schedules are updated and first matches are played.)
The Officers and Grievance Committee did not change, so that page was left as is.
The Rules Page has been updated.
The Schedules have been made current.
The Bullpen has been made current (if you’d like to add your name to the bullpen, please email djmichaelbasic@gmail.com with your full name, email, phone number and if you can play Tuesday, Wednesday, or Both.