The Western BCA Pool Players Association (Western BCA) was formed in 1995 as a non-profit "player´s association" and has since evolved into a not-for-profit Oregon based corporation for member leagues. Among its goals and purposes are:

• to promote the sport of billiards in the Pacific Northwest;
• to provide Western BCA pool players with the opportunity to play in well-run, well-officiated, competitive regional pool tournaments;
• to showcase the sport of billiards to the general public and the pool playing community; and
• to provide its pool players with access to Western BCA tournament rules, policies and pool etiquette and to update, as needed, all policies and procedures as the association evolves.

Any pool league in Western BCA's geographical area, established or newly forming, can apply for sanctioning by submitting a completed Sanctioning Agreement. For a complete guide to league requirements and the duties and responsibilities of a Western BCA League Operator, please see Western BCA's League Operator's Manual.

Western BCA´s membership is comprised of sanctioned league operators, registered league player representatives, and elected ‘at large’ members. To date, Western BCA has 21 sanctioned leagues, with players numbering over 3,000.

Western BCA is governed by bylaws. The business of the Association is monitored and managed by a seven member Board of Director and a panel of elected officers. The Association holds its annual meeting on the first Sunday in May to elect association officers (president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer) and Board of Directors to two-year terms and to receive annual reports, recommend dues and fees for the upcoming year, and transact any other business as may come before it. Western BCA holds regular membership meetings about every 3 months. Western BCA additionally has a volunteer staff comprised of a league administrator, tournament registrar, volunteer coordinator, historian, and website administrator. Committees, chaired by volunteers, are formed and charged to further assist the Board. Members from the Board of Directors also act as Western BCA's Grievance Committee.

Western BCA contracts with outside vendors to provide services such as the tournament sites, tournament directors, tournament vendors, tournament tables, equipment and setup, awards, referees, advertising and accounting.

When players in the Pacific Northwest join a Western BCA league, they pay an annual $25 sanction fee for the league year, which runs from June 1 through May 31. $15 of the sanction fee is sent to the national BCA Pool League (BCAPL) office and $10 is sent to Western BCA. This is an annual fee and entitles the player to play in an unlimited number of leagues and/or league sessions during the full league year. Each player must pay the full sanction fee to belong to a Western BCA league and must play a minimum of eight calendar weeks of league in any one session to meet the eligibility requirements for Western BCA tournaments. All Western BCA sanction and entry fees are applied towards the operation of and prize money for the regional tournaments.