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9andaWiggle

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In RE to The Future is not Rosy
« on: May 12, 2004, 11:08:09 PM »
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Sadly I don’t really think new blood will make a difference.

And there are probably some jobs in the organization so thankless that few others would ever want them.

The factors that made bowling as popular as it once was are no longer in place and all the momentum is downhill.

The real money is on the side of the proprietors and manufactures and they will win. You will never get back to more honest lane conditions and tamer balls.

What would happen now if a bowler shot an honor score and had it thrown out? They would scream to high heaven and many would threaten to sue somebody, anybody. It wasn’t their fault the lanes were blocked, the ball was illegal, etc. They shouldn’t be punished for the errors of others. They shot the score and feel they deserve the award.

This was the attitude 25 years ago that led to short oil and the caving in of the ABC to the proprietors desire to give higher scores to their patrons.


This kinda makes me wonder why we even bother with awards anymore.  If there's not any credibility in them, then why have them?  Just give them another $5 from the prize fund at the end of the year and personal achievement awards can go the way of the team trophies.  ABC (or whatever) would no longer be needed, and the houses and ball manufacturers can go nuts giving out high scoring conditions to keep bowlers happy.  There's a little sarcasm there, not directed at you, but I have to think that at some point the pendulum will swing the other way and people will once again want the game to be more controlled and challenging.  At what point does the easy scoring and lack of rule enforcement get old?

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Re: In RE to The Future is not Rosy
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2004, 02:29:30 PM »
My feeling are that anymore they should give the ring for the first one you ever shoot then patches there after.

You need a ruling body to set standards but it is just that the ABC has let some of the standards get away from them. You have to have standards for gutter depth, tolerances in the lane surface, lane length, pin spot locations, etc. If not the proprietors would start cheating on these as well.

They need to reign in lane conditions and ball technology. But now that it is at this point it is awfully hard to take it back.

BOWLERS want these things. But the majority of people who participate in leagues are not BOWLERS but they are people who happen to enjoy bowling. They want to enjoy a night out and don’t care if they are deluding themselves with their scores. Probably 20% of the sanctioned play is by BOWLERS, 30% are by recreational score chasers, and the remaining 50% it doesn’t matter because their scores will not change regardless.

I’ve seen it happen many times. A house changes their shot to increase scoring better than any other house in town. If the other houses don’t follow suit they will hear a giant sucking sound as many of their league bowlers (the 30%) will move to the higher scoring house.
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