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DON DRAPER

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pba tournament format
« on: October 17, 2003, 08:20:01 AM »
i was at the pba greater kansas city classic today and saw something great and then i saw something not so great. walter ray williams, jr., had barely made the cut after thursday, moved from 60th to 1st after averaging over 240 for his 9 game block this morning. williams, jr., who had the crowd on the edge of their seats, rode the 1 board for all 9 games and just pulled away from the field. so much for the great. he lost 4 games to 1 in this evenings matchplay format to the 32nd seed. congrats to mr. duncan for knocking off the best player in the world---you bowled very well. i get the feeling that this format isn't entirely fair to the players who've racked up big totals of pinfall. the pba's old format accumulated your pinfall for all 42 games and then the top 5 made it to the telecast. walter ray williams, jr., isn't the only touring pro who dislikes the pba's new format---there are many. what does everyone think ?
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2003, 12:00:35 AM »
It's all marketing.  The match play is a ton more exciting to watch than just a ton of qualifying.  Although I don't like the logistics and unfairness of match play, I DO love watching it.  However, the tv show should always be stepladder like it used to be.
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michelle

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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2003, 10:49:01 AM »
Is it fair that the match play brackets are done not on pinfall but rather on last season's points?  No!  The simple fact is that as long as they insist on using the brackets, someone is always going to be at risk of getting screwed.  WRW could have just barely made the top-32 and he still would have been the #1 seed because of the points.

If I recall correctly, however, the bonus for qualifying pin fall comes if you make the round of 8, where the highest qualifier losing in that round makes the show as the wildcard (as opposed to last years process).
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guzmand19

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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2003, 11:45:21 AM »
I watched bowling this Sunday for the first time in years, and noticed the new match play format.  I have mixed reviews, I like the head to head competition but it does not reward the more consistent bowlers during qualifing.  I like the matchplay because I think its a little more fair in the sense of a number 5 bowler who gets hot doesnt have to bowl 3 matches.  Obviously its also much quicker which allows for better tv slotting which makes sponsers and networks happy.

While I'm sure its frustrating for a bowler who excelled overall to lose to a guy who was bowling much worse but had 1 big game.  But don't we all go through that anyways during league play?  You bowl a team you know is way inferior, and they have one or two guys who bowl out of their minds and beat you.  It sucks, and while your average may stay higher facts are you lost the game and points.  The big difference is in leagues, it's not your career at stake.  Unfortunately, when you pick bowling as your career, and especially now with the limited field you have to know you just might get hosed every now and then

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