Not to be a wise guy, but what part sounds like double talk?  With any nonprofit org, cost/benefit, and resource allocation are BIG issues.  You made good suggestions, but they are going to be expensive and difficult to implement, especially if tournament directors don't cooperate.
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The clock on the wall says 3 O'Clock...last call...for Alcohol!

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Doc, I don’t know how it is in your area.  Around here none of our senior leagues are sanctioned.  During this years league meetings several people questioned why we had to sanction the league.  A lot of people thought the sanction fees were going up to $21 this year.

To be honest, the only real benefit most people see from sanctioning is the bonding insurance.  In some of our leagues, it would be cheaper to keep the $21 sanction fee and take the loss if anyone should abcond with the money.

Realistically, all my leagues have inhouse banking where the bowling alley takes care of everything.

Of course ABC makes the rules for bowling.  HAH – the majority of the rules can’t be enforced.  Remember the ABC won’t allow you to do anything to your equipment after its been checked in at the National.  Why??  Because they say they cannot verify what is actually in the containers.  Here’s the bigshots that made a rule of what we can/cannot use, and they aren’t smart enough to tell if the rule was violated or not.

These are the people that wrote the rule you cannot sand a ball during competition, BUT you can go into the pro-shop, buy a new one and have it sanded.

These are the people that says you can be rerated if you win more that $300 in a tournament, yet it is too expensive for them to make tournament winnings available to the directors.

I cannot think of any valid reason for a beginning bowler to bother sanctioning.  Awards???  Only a select few of us get any awards back during the year, the rest of the people are just donating.

I also think it was more than coincidental that the WIBC bought the rights to the Women’s tour just before the merger.  Perhaps the USBC thinks they will have enough funds to sponsor the Women’s tour  with the savings that’s coming from the merger.

Just in case anyone is confused – I DON’T THINK THE ABC/WIBC HAS HAD BOWLINGS INTEREST AT HEART FOR YEARS.  THEY HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO RUFFLE THE FEATHERS OF THE BOWLING ALLEY OWNERS.

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The organizations have just let too many things fall through the cracks over the past few years in fear of alienating what few sanctioned bowlers they now have left.

Well, doesn’t help, I guess I’m preaching to the choir here, at least I feel better, still frustrated.

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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel

Spending the kids inheritance one tournament at a time.

SrK--You're exactly right!  ABC double speak.  With today's ability in software programs and programmers I can not believe they don't have the ability and the where with all to track tournament averages and $ won.  Sheesh.....isn't as a sanctioning body that their job?  

If a tournament is sanctioned why not have rules in place that the tournament organizer report results and winnings within a specified time?  Then that information could be posted for ALL to see.  It's in the ABC's as well as the tournaments best interest.  

Maybe somebody in Greendale would actually have to work instead of attend meeting after meeting doing nothing???  Get off your duff ABC...I think not!  

Scott