By-Laws

THE NAME OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS " THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA© " IT WAS FORMED AS A SUBSIDIARY OF LEADS! LEADS! LEADS! OF LOUISIANA, INC. EACH LEAGUE WILL BE NAMED TO SUIT IT'S LOCAL AREA OR COLOR. EXAMPLE : EAST BATON ROUGE LEAGUE (includes all of EBR parish) ; TRI-PARISH LEAGUE (includes WBR, PLAQUEMINE, and ASCENSION parishes) HUNTSVILLE LEAGUE (includes all of MADISON county).

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO KEEP THE SPORT OF BILLIARDS ALIVE,IN AMERICA, AND TO RETURN CONTROL OF THE SPORT BACK TO THE POOL PLAYERS - WHERE IT BELONGS. ALSO, TO PROVIDE THE POOL PLAYERS WITH COMPETITIVE, ENJOYABLE MONEY TOURNAMENTS. IT WILL ALSO HELP BRING THE MEMBER BARS, OR TAVERNS BUSINESS, BY ADVERTISING FOR THEM AND DISTRIBUTING THEIR PROMOTIONS THROUGHOUT THE LEAGUE.

PART 1: THIS LEAGUE IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF LEADS! LEADS! LEADS! OF LOUISIANA, INC. AND WILL BE FRANCHISED IN EACH LOCAL AREA AS AGREED TO BY THE LEAGUE OPERATOR AND LEADS! LEADS! LEADS! OF LOUISIANA, INC. LEADS! LEADS! LEADS! OF LOUISIANA, INC. CAN GIVE AWAY ANY, OR ALL, OF THE SHARES IN THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA© AS IT SEES FIT.

PART 2: THIS LEAGUE WILL OFFER TWO DIFFERENT FORMATS FOR IT'S PLAYERS. THE LOCAL PLAYERS AND THE LEAGUE OPERATOR WILL DETERMINE WHICH FORMAT IS USED AND MAY CHANGE IT AT THE END OF ANY SESSION.

a) THE FARMER FORMAT: THIS FORMAT GOES STRICTLY BY THE BALLS MADE BY YOU OR YOUR OPPONENT. IN THIS FORMAT YOU WILL PLAY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSING TEAM, ONE AT A TIME. OR YOU CAN PLAY ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS IN A ROW. EACH TEAM WILL PLAY FOUR PLAYERS EACH TIME THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY A MATCH, OR 5 PLAYERS (SCORE 2 OR 3). SEE THE GENERAL RULES (FARMER FORMAT) FOR ALL THE RULES.

b) THE WOLFE FORMAT: THIS FORMAT IS A GENERIC VERSION, OF ALL THE THINGS, I THINK SHOULD BE CHANGED IN THE OTHER LEAGUES. IN THIS FORMAT, YOU WILL PLAY THE SAME PLAYER YOUR WHOLE SET. YOU WILL PLAY A RACE TO WHATEVER BOTH OF YOUR HANDICAP'S ARE. EXAMPLE : PLAYER 1 IS RANKED AS A 9 AND PLAYER 2 IS RANKED AS A 3 ; THE RACE WOULD BE 9 TO 3. IN THIS FORMAT, THE CAPTAIN'S WOULD ALSO KEEP UP WITH THE BALLS THEIR PLAYERS MAKE EACH GAME. THE REASON FOR THIS IS TO KEEP AN ACCURATE HANDICAP ON EACH PLAYER. YOUR HANDICAP WILL BE DETERMINED BY THREE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, ONE, OF THEM, BEING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF BALLS YOU MAKE AND THE AMOUNT OF BALLS YOUR OPPONENT MAKES EACH GAME.

THE OTHER TWO CRITERIA WILL BE KNOWN ONLY BY YOUR LEAGUE OPERATOR AND THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA© . THIS WILL KEEP PLAYERS FROM TRYING TO SANDBAG. FOR ALL OF THE RULES, IN THIS FORMAT, CONSULT YOUR GENERAL RULES - WOLFE FORMAT.

c) 9-BALL: THIS LEAGUE WILL ALSO BE UNDER THE POOL PLAYERS of AMERICA © . THE GUIDELINES AND HANDICAP SYSTEMS ARE COPYRIGHTED. YOUR LEAGUE MAY, OR MAY NOT, HAVE THE RIGHTS TO PLAY THE 9 - BALL FORMAT. ASK YOUR LEAGUE OPERATOR.

PART 3: THE LEAGUE'S MANUAL AND OTHER FORMS ARE COPYRIGHTED AND WILL BE PROTECTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

SECTION 2. ANY MEMBER OF THIS LEAGUE WILL HAVE A VOICE IN THE RUNNING OF THE LEAGUE. THROUGH THEIR CAPTAIN, THEY CAN SUBMIT ANY IDEAS THEY THINK WILL IMPROVE OUR LEAGUE.

SECTION 3. ANYONE CAN PLAY IN OUR TOURNAMENTS, IF YOU ARE NOT A LEAGUE MEMBER - YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED A HANDICAP - IT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR. ANYONE ON A TEAM IS ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN ANY TOURNAMENT.

SECTION 4. A TEAM WILL BE CONSIDERED INELIGIBLE IF THEY LOSE THEIR BAR SPONSORSHIP AND ALL FEES WILL BE FORFEITED. IF THAT TEAM FINDS ANOTHER SPONSOR - THEY WILL BE RE-INSTATED.

SECTION 2. THE TEAM CAPTAIN'S MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ANYTIME IT BECOMES NECESSARY. THE EXACT TIME, DATE, AND LOCATION WILL BE IN YOUR WEEKLY ENVELOPES.

SECTION 1. EACH BAR SHALL HAVE A SHARE OF MATCHES, IN IT'S LOCATION, COMPENSATORY TO THE AMOUNT OF TEAMS IT SPONSORS. IF YOU SPONSOR ONE TEAM - YOU WILL HAVE A TEAM IN YOUR BAR EVERY OTHER WEEK, IF YOU SPONSOR TWO TEAMS, YOU WILL HAVE A MATCH IN YOUR BAR EVERY WEEK, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SECTION 2. TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BAR HAVING THE TOP REGULAR SESSION TEAM. TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BARS HAVING THE TOP THREE TEAMS IN THE PLAY-OFFS. INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE TOP MALE AND TOP FEMALE PLAYER, THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF BALLS YOU AVERAGE THAT SESSION.

SECTION 3. THE TOP FOUR TEAMS FROM EACH DIVISION WILL COMPETE IN THE DIVISIONAL PLAY-OFF'S. IF A LEAGUE HAS FOUR OR MORE 8 TEAM DIVISIONS - ONCE A YEAR - THERE WILL BE A LEAGUE PLAY-OFF, AFTER ONE OF THE DIVISIONAL PLAY-OFFS or THE LEAGUE WILL HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF AFTER EACH REGULAR SESSION. IF A LEAGUE HAS A DIVISION WITH LESS THAN 4 TEAMS - THERE WILL BE NO DIVISIONAL PLAY-OFFS, THE FIRST PLACE TEAM FROM THESE DIVISIONS WILL QUALIFY FOR THE LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS.

SECTION 4. ANY PLAYER WILL ONLY HAVE ONE HANDICAP, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY TEAMS, OR NIGHTS, THEY PLAY.

SECTION 5. EACH BAR, OR TEAM, WILL PAY A $25.00 FEE PER TEAM THEY SPONSOR, WITH THE SUBMITTAL OF THE ORIGINAL ROSTER - EACH SESSION. THE BAR, OR TEAM, WILL PAY THE $25.00 WEEKLY FEE FOR EACH TEAM IT SPONSORS. IF THE BAR FALLS MORE THAN ONE WEEK BEHIND ON THESE DUES - THE TEAM WILL BE SUSPENDED. IF THESE PAST DUE MONIES ARE NOT CAUGHT UP IN ONE MORE WEEK - THE TEAM WILL BE SUSPENDED AND ALL MONIES WILL BE FORFEITED.

SECTION 6. IF A TEAM DROPS OUT OF THE SESSION - THE MONIES COLLECTED FROM THAT BAR WILL BE FORFEITED AND KEPT BY THE LEAGUE.

SECTION 8. THE BREAKDOWN OF MONIES GIVEN OUT SHALL BE PERCENTAGE, AFTER THE EXPENSES AND THE FRANCHISE FEE IS TAKEN OUT OF THE MONIES COLLECTED. FIRST PLACE WILL RECEIVE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE POT, SECOND PLACE WILL RECEIVE TWENTY - FIVE PERCENT OF THE POT, THIRD PLACE WILL RECEIVE FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE POT, AND THE FOURTH PLACE TEAM WILL RECEIVE TEN PERCENT OF THE POT.

SECTION 9. A PLAYER MUST PLAY AT LEAST FIVE TIMES TO QUALIFY FOR THE PLAY-OFF'S. THE LEAGUE OPERATOR WILL SUPPLY A ROSTER WITH THE PLAYERS THAT HAVE QUALIFIED.

SECTION 10. THE PROCESS OF SOLVING DISPUTES WILL FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING CHAIN OF AUTHORITY : BOTH CAPTAIN'S, THE LEAGUE OPERATOR, AND AFTER THESE - THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA©

SECTION 1. ANY AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL RULES, OR TOURNAMENT RULES, MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA © . IT TAKES A 6-0 OR 5-1 VOTE FROM YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL TO OVERRULE YOUR LOCAL LEAGUE OPERATOR OR A 6-0 OR 5-1 VOTE TO CHANGE ANY LEAGUE RULES. THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA© CAN VETO ANY CHANGE IF IT PUTS US IN VIOLATION OF LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LAW; OR IF IT VIOLATES ANY STATE CHARTER. IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN - THE CHANGE WILL STAND IN YOUR LEAGUE!

SECTION 2. ANY BONAFIDE MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE MAY SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT FOR DELIBERATION TO THEIR COUNCIL, THE LEAGUE OPERATOR, OR TO THE POOL PLAYERS OF AMERICA © .

SECTION 3. THE LEAGUE WILL NOT INSTITUTE ANY CHANGES WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE LEAGUE OPERATOR'S, THE CAPTAIN'S AND ALL MEMBERS.