win a ball from Bowling.com
« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads  (Read 3644 times)

Coolerman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 680
Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« on: April 12, 2010, 12:53:13 AM »
Another story of a bowler reaching a point in is young career,wondering
if he is going to have to quit, because of the limited schedule and low prize funds.
 Let's hope that this is not going to be sign of coming attractions.


 http://goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100411/SPORTS13/304119891/-1/HOCKEY03
Logged

 

rymacatthedisco

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1631
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 09:07:28 AM »
sad, but true...pretty much 10k sweepers next year, you cant live on that unless you win every week...and even then, it really isnt that much money compared to other sports or just regular everyday jobs.
--------------------
RYAN MCDANIEL...St. Ambrose Men's Bowling. On the chase for a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!! (CLOCK IN DO WORK!)

throwing whatever i can get to strike...(900 global plus 2 track and a random hammer...)
http://ryan300.mybrute.com
Logged

blacknois

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 403
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2010, 09:09:11 AM »
sad to see, and i hate to say it, but i wish that it does happen, it will hopefully be an eye opener for the PBA and realize that they don't have a clue as to what they are doing with their professional athletes
Logged

jbuzz31

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1174
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 09:11:36 AM »
PBA is going to go the way of the dodo soon.....
--------------------
Ive Eaten From The Insane Root That Imprisons Reason
Logged

ImBackInTheGame

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1022
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 09:21:46 AM »
If he's good enough to be a Golf pro, perhaps he should concentrate on his golf game, go through Q School, get his tour card and compete in golf.  All you have to do is make the cut and you'll earn more than Winning a PBA event.

I enjoy watching him bowl though.
Logged

los2003

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 816
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2010, 09:41:13 AM »
quote:
If he's good enough to be a Golf pro, perhaps he should concentrate on his golf game, go through Q School, get his tour card and compete in golf.  All you have to do is make the cut and you'll earn more than Winning a PBA event.

I enjoy watching him bowl though.


very true But their are a lot of marginal golf pros... But a golf pro at certain clubs make good money better than pba
Logged

Spider Man

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11829
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2010, 09:58:53 AM »
Mike's got to do what's best, but it would be a sobering moment on the state of the PBA.
--------------------
Linger Longer
Logged

tburky

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1071
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2010, 10:18:16 AM »
That was a very well written article and it is sad to here that Mike will probably not bowl the tour anymore. I don't blame him and it is sad that things are not better for the tour. Unfortunately, bowling as a whole is in the same boat. Something needs to change but which idea that is out there will be part of the solution to turn the page.
Logged

MrPerfect

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 703
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2010, 10:36:20 AM »
quote:
If he's good enough to be a Golf pro, perhaps he should concentrate on his golf game, go through Q School, get his tour card and compete in golf.  All you have to do is make the cut and you'll earn more than Winning a PBA event.

I enjoy watching him bowl though.


You can make more money in the non-televised smaller professional golf tours than in the PBA.
Logged

dpunky

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1036
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2010, 10:48:31 AM »
There's a lot of bowlers in Mike's situation.  Unfortunately, the prize money for cashing in a PBA Tour event is not enough to make a living, and the PBA keeps losing sponsors. PBA needs to turn a profit soon if it wants to survive in the very near future.
--------------------
Ken - aka "dpunky" - Certified USBC Level I Coach

Logged

ralphiejantz

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 276
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2010, 12:39:58 PM »
quote:
There's a lot of bowlers in Mike's situation.  Unfortunately, the prize money for cashing in a PBA Tour event is not enough to make a living, and the PBA keeps losing sponsors. PBA needs to turn a profit soon if it wants to survive in the very near future.
--------------------
Ken - aka "dpunky" - Certified USBC Level I Coach


very true
I dont know how those guys do it
I make more than the tours top earner does every year and Im not exactly living it up
and I dont have the travel expenses and regular day expenses you have to pay out while your on tour
The PBA as an organization is really bad
besides the sense of competition I dont see how any of these guys even have any interest in participating in PBA events
We have local tournaments that are cheaper to enter and pay more than a regional event does
so why would you go bowl in a regional then ?
Logged

OddBalls

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3119
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2010, 12:50:09 PM »
Take a look at the 2009 PGA money lost..note #205 earned more than $100K..

Golf is just as much a game as bowling is, yet, because of sponsorship, more $$ are being generated for prize pools..
 
quote:
http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?109

--------------------
Yes. it's I, the Inverted One..

Logged

ralphiejantz

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 276
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2010, 01:02:19 PM »
quote:
Take a look at the 2009 PGA money lost..note #205 earned more than $100K..

Golf is just as much a game as bowling is, yet, because of sponsorship, more $$ are being generated for prize pools..
 
quote:
http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?109

--------------------
Yes. it's I, the Inverted One..


yeah your right they are both more of a game than a sport in the way people think of them
but honestly golf is a hell of a lot harder than bowling is
the huge problem with the PBA is that besides people that really like bowling and are in to it no one else in the world watches it on TV and people regard it as something to maybe do on a friday night 1 time a year and get drunk and have fun
Logged

Coolerman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 680
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2010, 01:09:18 PM »
Mike could make a better living as a golf pro at a club,but to stop doing something
you love is hell. I know a lot of the women that bowled in the PWBA.When that folded
it's like a part of them died.Most have went into other fields,but still bowl  leagues,and
nationals.Queens and U.S Open, some bowl The Masters and regionals, and some of the
men's PBA events.But this if a far cry from something of their own that they can make a living at.
Logged

trash heap

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2648
Re: Mike Machuga Reaches Crossroads
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2010, 04:20:20 PM »
He needs to take up fishing....LOTS of money there!!!
Logged
Talkin' Trash!
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »