Talk:Billiard Congress of America

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[edit] Competing groups

As far as I can tell, there are several competing organizations that govern pool playing in the United States. [1]. I can't figure out the role of the Billiard Congress of America, and the fact that nobody else has bothered to do so suggests that this is really just an ad. -- ESP 23:14 20 Jul 2003 (UTC)

That's a bit cynical. The BCA is the big cheese, with International Olympic Committee recognition (by way of being the North American World Pool-Billiard Association affiliate, and thereby also the N.Am. World Confederation of Billiard Sports affiliate), and have been the only organization publishing consistent rulebooks for several generations. There are various national and slightly international amateur leagues including the American Poolplayers Association, the Valley National Eight-ball Association with non-BCA rulesets but no authoritativeness outside their member players, and the recent pro-am league, the International Pool Tour, which is basically in the same boat. There are also other organizations such as the Women's Professional Billiard Association which cooperate pretty well with the BCA and last I looked use the BCA's rules. I.e., I don't see what the fuss is about. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 15:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Working on improvements

The pool world's organizations are ever changing. There is lots of discord and frequent splitting. The BCA is/was a legit player organization and is still an industry trade group with lots of clout and deserving of a Wikipedia entry. I'm familiar with their origins and recent changes and I am working on a revision for this page. -- User:LastBall 00:49 2 May 2006 (EST)

Certainly needs it! :-) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 15:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed split

The BCA Open (and other notable BCA events) need separate articles. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 15:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the split request. There has been no discussion in the past year, the article is a stub and no suitable split article has been created. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 22:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)