The chants made it a very hard show to watch. They didn't need to do that on every mark. I watched the last 2 matches on mute.

PBA stated huge ratings for the last show prior to todays. lets face it, people left
 on after the game and they gauge ratings on those numbers ----- BS ratings, was at my neighbors who left espn on after the game, inflated ratings our wives and us had no idea bowling was on until the end.

today, chanting equals begging please make this more exciting than it is we need sponsors to stick around and begging the audience to interact and simply screams  please help get some excitement much like an nba game etc...

maybe some realize, some do not, the big push for an exciting month of live shows is only existent due to there is NOTHING else on. come on  guys common sense please.

the only reason these shows exist is to promote the latest/greatest equipment (except the haywire) to keep the ball companies shelling out a ridiculous amount of money to be "PBA registered/approved" its all a sham.

PBA may not be the same like it was before on TV and but I'm VERY HAPPY it is still on TV.

My thoughts:

- The young talent in bowling right now is phenomenal.  Simonsen, Pickford, and Chapman are so young and really really good.  Bowling as a sport's future is bright no matter how much money is involved.  I hope sponsors pick up on this going forward.

- The chanting/cheering is not awesome.  Just let people cheer the way they want.  It seemed so forced/not natural.

- I am not a Belmo hater at all but dude did himself no favors at the end of the show...Turning to the crowd and saying "Number 7" = FIGJAM/douche.  Not waiting till Simonsen was done to pick up the trophy - not awesome.  Dude didn't even shake Simonsen's hand after the match (at least not on camera)...just not a great showing of respect towards his opponent or the game in my opinion.

"FIGJAM/Douche"  hahahaha, classic

The bowling itself was good. It shows how hard it is to bowl on some of these PBA patterns. It's scary when Belmo, at 600 RPM's, had a hard time getting his ball to turn the corner. I'm not a two handed fan, but he was masterful taking what the lanes were giving him.
 
The chanting and clapping?? It reminded me of being at my daughter's high school basketball games. From my perspective, it was annoying, contrived, and out of place for a professional tournament. I hope this is just a phase that will soon pass.

The chants are stupid, clearly brought forth by that announcer dude that clearly doesn't bowl. 

Timeless infact doesn't look as good as we hoped go figure...Same as the phaze and fight lol.

Belmos disrespect to simonsen could be from all of the other 2 handers taking his spot light ....I almost wanna root for him more now....He's the o.g.

Found myself rooting for Belmo and a couple of years ago that would never happen. The young kids have been kinda showing him up. I do think however the bunch of young players are great for the game. I even liked the chants.  From a post above I agree for someone my age I like the PWBA telecasts better.  Oh, I did not need Randy P telling me what seemed like 2 or 3 times a frame that Belmo needed to square it up.