Bowlero and the PBA announced today that they are forming essentially a competing league and tournament association to counter the USBC:

https://www.pba.com/2022/june/professional-bowlers-association-launch-league-bowler-certification-program

According to JR Raymond, this is a free association for all Bowlero league bowlers starting this fall.

Raises a few immediate questions.
1)  Since all Bowlero league bowlers will be included, and the PBA/Bowlero association has their own rules, will USBC sanctioning no longer be a thing at Bowlero centers?  Opens the door for conflicting rules if both will still apply.

2)  as this rolls out to other centers, what will be the fee for non-Bowlero bowlers?

3)  Will tournaments start acknowledging the Bowlero association average as a sanctioned average for those bowlers who may have a Bowlero association average  and not a USBC average?

There is a lot of potential here, but seems like there are still a lot of unknowns...

The phrase "PBA Certified League Bowler" when taken literally means there is some sort of certification process being done by the PBA.

Which, of course is not happening.
The PBA does not certify bowlers, leagues, nor bowling centers.
Doing any of those things is so far removed from what the PBA is.

This whole thing really annoys me.

For once, I agree.

If you look at it, even that phrase is a contradiction/oxymoron in itself: Professional Bowler's Association Certified League Bowler. If you are a Professional in the Professional Bowlers Association, then you obviously wouldn't need to truly be in theirs or any other association's League.

Or is it just me in that grammar and contextual meaning are getting in the way of marketing?

BL.

Quote from: bradl on July 18, 2022, 05:50:26 PM

Quote from: bowling_rebel on July 14, 2022, 12:06:40 AM

The phrase "PBA Certified League Bowler" when taken literally means there is some sort of certification process being done by the PBA.

Which, of course is not happening.
The PBA does not certify bowlers, leagues, nor bowling centers.
Doing any of those things is so far removed from what the PBA is.

This whole thing really annoys me.

If you look at it, even that phrase is a contradiction/oxymoron in itself: Professional Bowler's Association Certified League Bowler. If you are a Professional in the Professional Bowlers Association, then you obviously wouldn't need to truly be in theirs or any other association's League.

BL.

...not really.  I think you're too worked up and not looking at the phrase clearly.  League bowler does not itself mean non-professional, so there is no contradiction.  I believe the word you are looking for is amateur.

On it's face and absent context, you could say that phrase is appropriate for any of the competitors in the PBA League, and that is obviously neither a contradiction nor an oxymoron.

No comment as to Bowlero's chosen prose but what I took from Rebel's overall comment is the PBA is nothing more than a glorified tournamet director.
It should be their only job.