I've seen a lot of posts recently about cheating in bowling. Now, I've got an example from this past season in my league. Lemme know your opinions on this matter. I bowl in a Junior League with handicap on Saturday mornings. Girls and Boys. The bowlers in the league are fairly average, with bowlers ranging from sub 100 up to around 195. Well, This past year a pair of brothers formed a new team consisting of themselves, two other boys and a girl. Now, the 4 boy's averages ranged from 175-195, pretty respectable. However, the girl on the team was sad. Her average was around an 80, no lie. She wasn't really associated with any of the boys, they just kind of picked her up to bowl. The team went on to win first place in the league. This is just for fun I know, but i can't help but have a sour taste in my mouth. My team didnt finish even close to them or anything, but it just doesn't seem fair to me. I wouldnt mind if they had won at all, it just seems as if they won a very close race between 2 teams due to their extensive handicap. Is this wrong, or do I just have sour grapes?

I'm gonna have to vote for Sour Grapes.  There were teams that tried that approach to avoid the average cap in the junior scholarship leagues I used to bowl in.  It usually blew up on them.  And since these guys didn't actually know her, I don't think you can accuse anyone of bagging.  No where in the rules does it say everyone on a team needs to be close in average.

If you guys bowled better you would have kept up with them. Teams here have 500 pins handicap even after ours is added in. BOWL BETTER AND KEEP UP, we finished 3rd in the league, the team with 500 pins handicap didnt come close to us.
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I obviously know this is within the rules and everything, I guess the fact that they picked this girl up, just for her handicap kinda turns me the wrong way

I would have done it also!
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