saw this over in another forum, anyone else heard of this.
this would kill the USBC dead, everyone would go unsanctioned.
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USBC Pilot Blanket Cert. Fee
Last night a USBC rep. in our area (who was not amused by this) explained to me a pilot program that USBC is putting into place called the "Blanket Certification Fee." This fee is to replace the national dues that is usually apart of your USBC Card fee. This national fee last season was $10. According to the rep. and the literature he possessed, the new system will charge bowlers $12 per league they bowl in. The bowler will pay the $12 over the course of the bowling season with an increase in their weekly fee. The leagues will pay USBC a "one time" fee of $12 per bowler in the league.
This is for "basic" membership. You''''''''ll have to upgrade the fee to $20 per league in order to be eligible for honor awards like 11 in a row, 298, 299, 300, 800 etc...
Shame on USBC for springing this so close to the fall season, for not cutting off the top of their corporate behemoth to save money rather than jamming it to the league bowler, and for trying to sell this as a "good thing" for bowlers. Its a money grab, plain and simple. Discouraging!
Update:
I think I found where this came from. Its something that was taken out of context and changed a little bit.
Looks like it came from here.It has the basic membership and the $20 membership part of the story in it.
http://bowler2bowler.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/usbc-annual-fees-a-raging-debate-by-james-goulding-iii/
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USBC Annual Fees: A Raging Debate by James Goulding III
July 8, 2010
2) Give bowlers three different cost options when they sanction with the USBC. The first, and cheapest, option is to pay for basic USBC services minus the awards program. You would only pay something in the range of $10 like it is now, you would get recognition of your achievement in the USBC’s database, but not receive any actual award from the USBC for what you accomplish. The second option would be an upgraded $15 annual fee, and that entitles you to the current awards system that is in place. You get (1) of each type of award per season, all the benefits of USBC sanctioning, a subscription to US Bowler magazine, and basically keep things the way they are in the current system. The last option would be an upgraded $20 sanctioning, and that gets you (2) of any award, a subscription to US Bowler magazine, first choice of bowling dates and times for the USBC National Tournament over the $10 or $15 crowd, and all the other benefits that USBC sanctioning has to offer.
Heres more on this:
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UPDATE FROM RENO... I got the rest of the story on the Blanket Certification fee. USBC put together a proposed pilot program to use in the Greater Reno Sparks Bowling Association that had tiered membership levels based on if bowlers wanted honor awards etc.. It also had had a per league Certification fee... Luckily, the same week, the Proprietors in town made there voices heard in opposition for such a pilot program. Our association told USBC to find another location to test!
Edited on 7/31/2010 5:23 PM
