is a league contract not really a league contract?  guys I need your help, or at least some advice.  I am the secretary of our league, we signed a contract to return next season to the same house we bowled in this season, An AMF owned house, here in sunny Grand Rapids michigan, and I was just contacted by the center manager and told that he needs to inform me that our contract has been rescinded. No information as to why, just the company line, over and over again, your contract has been rescinded.  6 weeks agao when they were pushing for our contract it was all good, but something has changed and he woudnt tell me wht it was.  I contacted his district manager who told me that it was simply "a business decision"  it seems that they have another league that wanted to move to our spot and they could guarantee more teams, and get this,"he was doing me a favor and letting us know early enough so we could find another house before it was to late"....he was the good guy, not honoring our contract was actually a good business decision, in his mind, and we shouldnt be to upset, because they were just helping us out by making sure we knew early enough.  well guess what, ther are few league openings for out whole league, we dont know what we will do and other than not doing business with amf in the future, I am at a loss.  any suggestions would be appreciated.
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any day bowling is a good day
go mets
strikes can win the game but spares can win the tournament

I am a pre-law major and have done some business law classes.  Unless there were specific prices discussed, a gaurented time space, or other gaurentees made.  Sorry about my spelling but I am in a hurry.  The one thing that the problem you might run into is that the center might have had you sign a commitment form as a preliminary to next years fall league just to see who will be bowling.  UNFORTUNATELY, if you didnt sign anything that specifically states that you are gaurenteed these conditions then you probably wont have much ground to work with other than the company is refusing service to customers when no wrong doing was commited.  I think this might help.

Comet lanes???  Man, im guessing you moved from Chez Ami right? We had a tournament there a little while ago.  What a hole.  You could have gone to somewhere a little nicer than Comet though. Its not the first time i've heard of problems with an AMF center though, so dont worry; you arent alone. I would call that 800 number dealy and see what they say, after that; whatever you wanna do. Good Luck, let me know how it works out as i am looking to join leagues in that area, and i want to know which centers to scratch off my list.

my list
Comet X
Chez Ami XXXXX
Spectrum ?
Fairlanes ?

Let me know of some other ones in the area that i can look at. thanks!
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I Bowl to win...

come on guys   any other ideas or comments?
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any day bowling is a good day
go mets
strikes can win the game but spares can win the tournament

Well I am sharing this post with AMF corporate to see what they think.  Unfortunately they love Gary (DM) when he does this stuff, because it makes them more money.  People generally do not matter to AMF.  At least that's how it has been in the past.
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Brian
MichiganBowling.com
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