Here is a link to Caps website about how they addressed the local sandbagging issue and the process that they used.  http://www.ncausbca.org/bowlmag/archives/rerate_q-a.pdf
 
  Most tournament rules allow the director to re rate a bowler if they see fit.
  If you read the article  about how Cap went about it you will see that they had supporting documentation to support the re rates. From what I have seen normally all we hear about is someone is sandbagging but nothing to support the accusation.
   And as far as league bowling goes a new rule was put in place last year to allow the board of directors to re rate a bowler with 2/3rds vote. there is no proof needed to do that. Just enough team captains agreeing that someone is a sandbagger.

Valid point Trash Heap. Some of us are up and down, depending on what is going on in our "real world" outside of bowling.  Last year I averaged 184, but on a good week, or a week where I have had time to practice spare shooting, I generally will average 210-220. It has everything to do with how much I have had time to practice, and whether I am making spares. Fortunately, the people that I bowl with realize my tendencies and do not raise the issue of sandbagging with me. Right now I am struggling to average 170, and feel like I am going to break through any minute.

Trash Heap is it sandbagging to shoot 250 then two sub 100 games using plastic and shooting at corners pins? This is what is being done. 210 plus average bowlers selectively using plastic over their other equipment after a good game.

Yes practicing shooting at 7 pins and 10 pins on your first and second rack is sandbagging. Especially after bowling a high game. It isn't practice. Try that this week in league for two or three games and tell us how that goes.

The league is pretty upset because this is going to be a 3rd your and this year is more obvious then ever. It is my first year on the league and find it amusing. The team captain was an on staff regional player for years who never averaged over 210 for a reason. Then over the past few years averaged 170s and went and cashed big in larger regional tournaments. He never bowled the local ones because they would rerate him. Then they still vote him in the local HOF.

Some people thrive on cheating when they can't do it otherwise I guess.

First off let me say I personally 100% agree that shooting at 7's & 10's off of full racks is wrong.  That is a violation of rule 17.

But so is the following technically in my opinion according to rule 17.

You show up for league and the pro shop is finishing up your new ball.  You don't get to throw it in practice.  You decide to pull it out for the fill ball of the 10th frame of game 1.

You just violated rule 17.  Why, because you could have thrown the strike ball you were using to maximize score.  By changing balls to an unknown reaction, you are (potentially) not maximizing score and thus lowering your average in that league.

And yes I realize that I am taking this example to an extreme.  And that is what could happen the first time a player is called out for violating this rule.  He will walk up and down the lanes looking for small other violations to get even.

These guys have "some major stones though".  It's very blatant.

Most sandbaggers are more quiet about it.  Shoot the 3-6 pocket instead of the 1-3 for a game, or intentionally go through the nose all night.  Shoot at the 3 instead of the 10 pin when they leave it, so it looks like they were "trying".

Picking off the corners of full racks for a game?  I would have recorded it on video and sent it to Arlington.  Kind of hard to have an excuse for it.

+1,000,000,000,000,000   

Then you should include a PITA rule during the league meeting. If bowler if found guilty of being a PITA by a majority of the board, kick them out. 

Quote from: txbowler on September 18, 2013, 03:22:24 PM

First off let me say I personally 100% agree that shooting at 7's & 10's off of full racks is wrong.  That is a violation of rule 17.

But so is the following technically in my opinion according to rule 17.

You show up for league and the pro shop is finishing up your new ball.  You don't get to throw it in practice.  You decide to pull it out for the fill ball of the 10th frame of game 1.

You just violated rule 17.  Why, because you could have thrown the strike ball you were using to maximize score.  By changing balls to an unknown reaction, you are (potentially) not maximizing score and thus lowering your average in that league.

And yes I realize that I am taking this example to an extreme.  And that is what could happen the first time a player is called out for violating this rule.  He will walk up and down the lanes looking for small other violations to get even.

These guys have "some major stones though".  It's very blatant.

Most sandbaggers are more quiet about it.  Shoot the 3-6 pocket instead of the 1-3 for a game, or intentionally go through the nose all night.  Shoot at the 3 instead of the 10 pin when they leave it, so it looks like they were "trying".

Picking off the corners of full racks for a game?  I would have recorded it on video and sent it to Arlington.  Kind of hard to have an excuse for it.