So my summer league season finished pretty strong. Despite having one of the worst records among almost 30 summer teams, I was able to get my team into the top 10 in the championship tournament where we then got annihilated. Anyways, we got way more $ than I ever expected.
Now fall leagues.
I am worried I made a mistake and joined a league that might not be what is best for me. The league supposedly has almost 20 teams of 5 people. That means 100 people. However, the kickoff meeting this week had maybe 20 people and all were very old lol. My worries:
1)
Is this an old person league? Nothing about senior citizens was mentioned and if it was I would hope league president would let me know.
2)
I have no team and will be put on a team (like in summer league). However, it can't get much worse than what we had in summer (in terms of overall record).
3) 5 people per team AND old people.
How long will bowling night last? I gotta work the next morning!
4)
Not sure if it is USBC certified. My entire reason to get back into bowling is to get a 300 ring. How can I get a ring if the league isn't certified? (still not sure if true). May end up buying my own ring on eBay if I get the 300.
5) The entire kickoff meeting revolved around $. League fees, pot fees, raffle fees. For a second I thought I was in the Twilight Zone.
There was debate over 10 and 15 cents on certain issues. I was like WTF?
What makes me mad is that all the leagues I think I should have applied for have now started or are now full. That means I will have to wait an entire year if this ends up being the wrong league.
I guess my biggest issue is whether the people I saw at the meeting is an accurate portrayal of what the league age is. I picked league based on average. Overall league average last year was around 180. Maybe I'm getting trolled. But I don't see how old people, many with canes, can average 180. If that is the case, I'm doing something very wrong LOL.
P.S. I have bowled with old people on my team before and actually won title. However, it was a 3 person team league and it was a mix from 21-80 years old.