If 8-Ball has a team cap of 23 points and the highest skill level is 7 why isn there a team cap of 24 or 25 in 9-Ball where the skill level goes to 9?
The use of the 23-rule in 9-Ball is in place for the same reason we utilize it in 8-ball with the additional requirement that only 2 senior skill level players may play in any given 9-ball team match. The 23-rule was adopted to encourage the beginning player and to discourage the stacked teams that might form or advance to the level where they might dominate a division every session. The fact that only 2 senior skill level players may play in a match in 9-Ball further compensates for the variance in skill levels between 8-Ball and 9-Ball.
