It's that time of year where we see some of the pros start changing staffs or becoming free agents.  Here is what I've seen so far.

One of the bigger surprises is that Tom Hess is no longer with Storm.  His bio and ball arsenal locker have been completely removed from their site (was shown on their national team section under athletes).  Now Hess won his first major title ever with the then soon to be released Virtual Gravity Nano solid back in 2011.  I'm not sure where he will end up.

Also, Shannon O'Keefe has recently left Storm and has become part of the DV8 staff. 

Even more surprising by DV8 is that they added a rock band to their staff.  "Goes Cube" is on their staff and yet I'm not sure how they landed there.
Link: http://dv8bowling.com/ballers/goes-cube

900 Global made a big move and has finally committed to Brian Voss full time.  For a while, he had been throwing some 900 Global, some AMF, would switch to Storm and Roto Grip depending on the shows he made.  More recently he had been throwing Seismic overseas.  Now, he has a full time home with 900 Global, joining the likes of Missy Parkin, Robert Smith, and Michael Haugen Jr.

As for hometown pro Jack Jurek, he is still a free agent.  On tv, we have seen him throw Roto Grip and Storm most recently.  However, he has shot some ball reaction videos with Track, and has also been seen throwing some 900 Global on some of the IAB videos.  Then he also shoots videos for MoRich, as those are done at the house he has a pro shop in (Transit Lanes outside of Buffalo).  If he makes a show this coming season, it's anyone's guess to what he will throw.  We all know it won't be MoRich since they haven't been on tour in a while.

Brad Angelo, the other hometown pro from my area is still without a full time ball contract since leaving Brunswick.

As for any other changes, it's anyone's guess at this point.

Considering the tour doesn't tour and it would be cheaper to run advertising during PBA telecast then seeing if a staff member makes the telecast I'd say the money is wasted.

Considering how hard up the PBA is for advertising and the fact it runs against the NFL most of the season who really watches? Spend the money to run the commercial and increase your limited exposure exponentially.

Over the past few weeks Ive seen Jack Jurek throwing the Sigma Hybrid and making it look really good

Brian Green:  You would be right.  On local tv coverage of the Obernauer Masters (near Buffalo, NY), Jack Jurek was shown throwing the Sigma Hybrid and sporting the Motiv jersey.    The Sigma Hybrid looked really good when he was throwing it.  I haven't heard of him signing with Motiv but if he did, it's a good move.  Plus, Motiv isn't as widely available around here, so that provides another option to possibly try out in the future.  Although, I do like my Track/Roto stuff best out of everything I throw.

According to the Storm site, Bob Learn Jr won the Mooresville PBA Sr event using the Victory Road Pearl.

Tony Reyes- one of the good guys when it comes to the game.

Josh Blanchard has signed with Ebonite. According to Bugsy Kelly, Josh will be a four-brand player.

Josh Blanchard has signed with Ebonite. According to Bugsy Kelly, Josh will be a four-brand player.

Actually Josh signed with Columbia 300...as did Ross Packard (for those out here who know him  ).