My area's largest newspaper has added yet another column to its sports section, but is there any justification to add a column about these activities while continuing to totally ignore bowling coverage?

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-h-t-sports-column-to-include-cycling-rowing-fitness-but-still-no-bowling?cid=db_articles

There is your new career then, brush up on the rules and you're all set.

Dear milorafferty:

I'm not looking for a new career. I'm perfectly happy in retirement, along with writing Internet columns on bowling and oldies pop music. But thanks for your concern.

Quote from: Good Times Good Times on September 10, 2014, 09:59:50 AM

Quote from: kidlost2000 on September 09, 2014, 07:09:46 PM

I can only imagine with the number of newspapers going under and losing subscribers by the car load I'd imagine anything to save subscriptions or grow them would be welcome.

+1

... so are you indicating that articles about Supercross or rowing will accomplish that, even if articles about bowling wouldn't?

To quote the dude on BBE, "Newspapers have marketing departments. They print what people want to see. They're just like any other company, they adapt to the needs of the consumer. So, the lack of any bowling coverage is a direct sign of the lack of interest in one. It's not like they're randomly deciding what to put in the newspaper. The fact that they ARE printing articles about cycling/rowing etc is all the proof you need that it deserves a spot over bowling. It's not that hard to understand..."

Enough said.  No need to play 30 questions......^^^^ solves it.

Are those the same marketing people who pushed client advertising money into golf in the 70's despite much higher viewer ratings for bowling. 

One thing you have to realize is the people watching bowling versus those watching golf.  Golf has always been a more upscale sport compared to bowling.  Country club versus smoke filled bowling centers.  Those who watch golf have more disposable income and thus the advertising is probably a little more successful, even if viewership is smaller.

The more upscale income is always the argument, but the truth is that is the upscale boardroom CEO's who make the decision where to spend advertising money.  I have been in in the boardroom of NYSE corporations, and watched those guys routinely make spending decisions that are either ill advised or based on personal prejudices.  Best example is most of the mergers that have taken place over the past 20 years.  Investment bankers and lawyers are the ones pushing the mergers, and the record shows they are the only ones who make any money off about 80% of those deals. 

Didn't mean to digress off into such non bowling stuff, but nobody should ever forget that the game of bowling, unlike golf was not born in the US with a silver spoon in its mouth, and the game has paid that price at the upper levels for its entire modern existence.  The CEOs of big potential sponsors have always preferred to sit in a green side booth outside the country club waiting to hand out winners checks, than sit in the temporary stands of a smoke filled bowling center watching the action. 

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... so if a newspaper prints Krauthammer editorials and ignores Krugman editorials, does that mean that Krauthammer "deserves" priority?

Thanks for the comments, which tend to indicate that perhaps there is little valid justification for newspaper bowling coverage.

Part of the reason for my posting of such columns is to elicit reactions, and your comments would (or should) hold more validity than a general public consensus, because nearly all of you are involved with the game of bowling in one manner or another.

At some time in the near future, I will be writing a column that will indicate that many bowlers are apparently unconcerned by lack of newspaper coverage, and comments in this thread (and others) will be used in such column.

Your comments lean toward a conclusion that, perhaps, bowling doesn't deserve newspaper coverage, or perhaps coverage in any media venues(s).

But having said that, I'll never believe there is ANY JUSTIFICATION for printing local golf scores on a daily basis while totally ignoring local bowling scores -- even when such things as perfect games and 800-plus series are rolled by local bowlers.