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thewhiz

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« on: January 22, 2020, 12:50:28 PM »
How do the guys on tour who do not cash on a weekly basis survive on tour?
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thewhiz

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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2020, 10:22:47 PM »
I thought a lot of these guys get salarys from their ball companies.
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3835

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« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2020, 06:31:16 AM »
Some of them have behind the scenes backers, as in individuals putting up cash in hopes to get a return on the investment. I know one guy who sold "shares" of himself to go out on tour and for a few years, depending on how much he won, each "share" paid a dividend. Do well enough and that share paid more back then the person paid to get it...

But let's be honest....not many are making any kind of great living out there.
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Bowl_Freak

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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2020, 07:55:09 AM »
I've heard of some bowlers currently on tour and have been for a while, that have millionaire backers that don't care if they make money or don't, they just write off on taxes as donations. IDK how they do that but there must be a way.
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avabob

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« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2020, 08:46:58 AM »
An old joke, but still on the money.   A guy asks a pro bowler what he would do if he got a million dollars.  Pro thinks a minute, then replies, " I would stay on tour till it was gone".
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BowlingForDonuts

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« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2020, 08:48:21 AM »
Quote from: itsallaboutme on January 22, 2020, 08:02:41 PM
Do some research before you post instead of just guessing.

2019 earnings would get him 188th on the PGA list. Need to be over $1 million to get inside top 100.

Guess I was using the wrong list (yeah oops was using 2020 list sorry about that, which means a dozen plus golfers in 2020 have already made more than Belmo's career earnings, wow).  Regardless looks like we agree completely on the original point.  Bowling prize money is not lucrative.

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DP3

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Re: Pro Bowlers
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2020, 08:53:12 AM »
Quote from: thewhiz on January 22, 2020, 10:22:47 PM
I thought a lot of these guys get salarys from their ball companies.

It's not a lot. It just puts a dent into the travel/drilling expenses.
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3835

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« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2020, 09:26:59 AM »
Speaking to what DP3 just wrote.....even the staffers who get free balls still have to pay for drilling on the truck. Anyone watch Brad Miller in the latest video state he talked to his reps and they decided to drill up 3 balls before yesterday. While the balls were free, the cost to drill on the truck was $50 a ball...so he still spent $150 out of his pocket. many people think a "free" ball is exactly that, free....but its not, or at least its not in most cases.
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DP3

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« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2020, 11:15:58 AM »
Gotta pay those truck pros. They work SUPER hard and have to have a 100% success rate on hitting the lines/pitches or feel the wrath of a meltdown. Granted, some of the tour's biggest offenders of the meltdowns are no longer on tour and/or bowl a few senior stops only.
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Luke Rosdahl

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« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2020, 11:35:33 AM »
Nothing in bowling is really "free," and this is a good illustration of that.  Also a good point for pro shops when people complain about drilling prices.  They don't do anything but punch holes on the truck too, everyone has to finish their own stuff and install their own inserts. 

Quote from: 3835 on January 23, 2020, 09:26:59 AM
Speaking to what DP3 just wrote.....even the staffers who get free balls still have to pay for drilling on the truck. Anyone watch Brad Miller in the latest video state he talked to his reps and they decided to drill up 3 balls before yesterday. While the balls were free, the cost to drill on the truck was $50 a ball...so he still spent $150 out of his pocket. many people think a "free" ball is exactly that, free....but its not, or at least its not in most cases.
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