How can you judge the success of a company by whether they are PBA registered or not??
Lane#1 is still very much successful and profitable. Their core customer base of league bowlers still supports this company.
Why should they just give the PBA $40,000+ a year just so that they can be thrown in a PBA event?
There is roughly 50 exempt players on tour and I would guess 75% or more are already contracted by one of the other major companies. That leaves how many available bowlers left to use the Lane#1 product???
I personally just don't see Lane#1 getting a reasonable return on their investment...
If the PBA was smart, they would just impose a small fine to each player that wanted to use a non-registered product each tournament...
Say $5 per ball per tournament.. It would be easier for the PBA player to submit their score sheets and fine sheets to the companies for reimbursment and more economical for the smaller ball companies. Then the PBA would still gain monies from the fines.
They could be labeled PBA registration fines so that the cash can go directly to the PBA as opposed to the regular fine process which I beleive goes back to the players in some sort of way. I may be wrong here.
Just my thoughts and ideas..
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