For the last two years, one of the three centers that I bowl in had a pretty bad lane conditioning problem.. For whatever reason, the shot would start out somewhat fair, meaning that there was some oil to play with, but not much. By the end of a session in every league that I was in, there was absolutely nothing left. I would start a session playing 10-5, and end up the 3 or 4 game set (depending on the night that I was bowling) playing 22-10. Over the summer, management changed, and the new manager happened to be a pretty close friend of mine. Knowing that she would get a fair assessment of the shot and some opinions from me, she asked what I thought needed to be done, since average scores dropped about 20 pins over that two year span. I talked to her about the shot breakdown problem and within the next month or so, the problem was solved..
The unfortunate problem with a lot of the centers in the area is that management aren't bowlers. I'm not saying that this is the way things are everywhere, but in this area, we have 1 manager that is an actual bowler and knows how to put down a fair condition. By fair shot, I mean a shot that everyone can play, but isn't so stinking easy that you can miss by 5-10 boards and still score.
As for quitting leagues, I'm with a lot of the other people here.. To me, that's a big no-no.. I've seen a few people do that in some of the leagues around the area and I can only shake my head at it when that happens.. Those people that choose to quit usually end up blackballed from leagues for a few years because no one wants to be left holding the bag for that person's spot if they decide that they're just gonna pick up and leave because things aren't going their way.
