I see this topic still won't die...i've never seen a dead horse beaten more.
Here are some things most of you are forgetting:
1) Random draw - Sure this may take away a perceived advantage from the top teams. But it will also cause a severe decline in entries. You tell the average bowler, who goes out here trying to do their best, that now that can't bowl with their friends, they aren't coming back. So institute this if you want, and say goodbye to the tournament as it will be dead in less than 5 years. Now things will really be "fair", no one gets to bowl.
2) No good bowlers in the area - I have said this, and others have as well, that this is a BS excuse. I bowl with people who live in Canada, live in Texas and live in Pennsylvania. If you are a good bowler, you can get picked up by a top team no matter where you or they live. A lot of the top teams have bowlers from different areas. Saying this is a limitation is a cop-out and total BS.
3) 5 vs 10 person team - This is still a 5 person team event. You people act like the second 5 guys come along just to support the "A" team and don't try at all. That can't be further from the truth. The companion teams are trying their best. In a perfect world they hope the two teams finsih first and second. There are more than a few occassions where the "B" team has outscored the "A" team. How do you explain that with your logic? Each team is trying to do their best, each team is trying to score the highest they can. It's not like the "B" team is throwing charcoal up 3-5 every shot, picking 3 off the right just to dry up the lanes for the "A" team. But that is how you people are portraying it. If you go to a random draw, what's stops a team from going to the team they are paired with and say...."Hey, play this line and you will score better cause we are playing there too"? Or are you going to outlaw talking in your scenarios too?
4) One lane - Another way to kill the tournament. Bowling on one lane will only do one thing, further separate the top teams from the rest of the pack. You are taking away multiple things that potentially add difficulty to the sport. A pair of lanes don't always play the same due to a number of factors, this goes way. A pair of lanes don't always break down the same due to numerous factors, this goes away. I can go on and on. You complain about 10 guys working together, yet you want to make it even easier for a team to work together by removing difficulty. How does this make sense in anyone's mind?
Bottom-line is people really need to grow up. People need to realize they aren't as good as their THS average says. Once they do that, all of this will go away.