Sherm, that's exactly how the USBC seems to be running these days, like an overbearing, overtaking merger. This is not business USBC, this is SPORT!
I have just read the longest email i've ever been sent, it was a forward of an extremely intriguing arguement/debate/conversation between USBC CEO Roger Dalkin and Two other noteworthy names in Junior Bowling. Granted the email was from one of the noteworthy's, the answers and comments are legit and I am baffled by the startling results that come from it.
I am debating on whether or not to make this email public to all of you, because it will shed light on MANNNNY issues that I am sure none of you have ever thought about before, including myself until viewing its contents.
SMART's negligence has been proven on many occasions within the amount of people they are holding scholarships for and the amount of time and paperwork one must submit and "wait" for their scholarship. As I am a frequent competitor in the Junior Bowlers Tour, I have nothing but delightful comments to post about the handlings of monies by Chuck Pezzano Jr. and Jeff Hemer. These monies were issued to my school immediately, sometimes within THREE DAYS OF ASKING FOR THEM!!!!! --from Chuck Pezzano Jr. THREE DAYS!!!!!! Any Students know that time is money, when you need a book and/or pick up a class, it is absolutly necessary that it be done accordingly and very quickly.
Another grievance I have about SMART is its policy of returning scholarship immediately back to them from the college or institution of higher learning if not immediately used. In the past semester, I did not take classes full time. I had an account at my college (Middlesex County College, Middlesex County, NJ) that was in the plus by over a thousand dollars....majority of it being from SMART dollars. (BEcause SMART dollars were the last to arrive to pay for spring classes, Chuck Pezzano Jr's. JBT SCholarship Money arriving First hand. I had figured I had enough to register for a Summer class given the SMART money was in the account at College. WRONG! Immediately the unused portion of SMART scholarships was sent back to Greendale Wisconsin where I am supposing it would collect yet more interest. This is a mandatory rule for all SMART scholarships, which I now deem as an unfair and unjust decision. THATS MY MONEY, granted I earned it and should see where I can use it in my college experience. To use that money, more paperwork, more headaches, and more but F*** Up's by SMART will cause the greatest delay I have ever experience in recieving a scholarship.
I back Chuck Pezzano Jr., Jeff Hemer, and any other tournament organization that refuses to hand over all the hardwork of buiding a successful scholarship fund to the USBC ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. Perhaps a National Governing Body that organize's everyones funds is necessary for NCAA or High School bowling, but listen up USBC.... THERE ARE ONLY ELEVEN (11) STATES THAT HAVE BOWLING AS A VARSITY SPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!! C'MON!!!!! Roger Dalkin and crew are going try this overtake of all of Junior Bowling just for ELEVEN STATES?
?? Not only is this illogical, but that my friend is bad for business. If that's what the USBC is, a business?
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Steve Richter, I have heard of you as a great bowler and respect you very much, especially your love for the RotoGrip brand. However, NCAA has completely drained womens bowling and hopefully willlll NEVER get a grip on Mens collegiate bowling SO HELP ME GOD. As a perspective collegiate bowler, I have four years of eligibility and a slew of scholarship money to use in my college endeavors. For instance, with all these new USBC Laws, if Mens collegiate bowling were to become NCAA sanctioned in 2007-2008, I would withdraw in a heartbeat and I am certain nearly half of the countries teams would suffer great lose due to it. Junior Male bowlers possess the majority of the countries scholarship dollars and use these dollars to fund their schooling day in and day out. Pull that plug, and with budget cuts for State schools in New Jersey from Governor Corzine, NO SCHOLARSHIPS TO BOWLERS I AM FOR CERTAIN. I will not be bowling on the collegiate team because I will be struggling to just meet degree requirements.
There are no excuses in any of these matters. Especially by the USBC, I think they need to share with all of us their philosphies and reasoning in detail behind it all.
Richter, Being only about an hours drive on I-43 from the USBC office, I am sure you are dear friends with Roger and company. Put yourself in the shoes of Chuck Pezzano Jr., if you have ran a Junior Tournament series for 30 years and are the most successful individual in Tournament Management in the entire history of bowling, (This gentleman has run over 2500 Junior EVents!!!) how would you feel when a One year old organization says that you have to give it all up because in the future, it will benefit the juniors. But they are not sure when it will benefit the juniors, but it will be soon, HOPEFULLY!!!! In a nutshell, this is the paraphrasing of my understandings.
I am only a 19 year old kid who still bowls JBT's, USBC certified Sport Leagues, competes in the Junior Olympic Gold year after year, and is currently on JUnior Team USA 2006. AS a college student, I am bright enough to decipher between being helped out or given the high hard one. Until a public announcement is made by Roger Dalkin and staff on the constant changes of YOUTH BOWLING, I feel that Myself and 94,999 Scholarship recipients have been, or are about to be given the SHAFT!!!!
I pray for a better solution to this. I hope that a higher voice can post and shed light on these issues.
Oh Carmichael, Perfect Youth attitude..less to care about the better! Perhaps that is why SMART is merging like it is, because of careless reciepients like yourself. Go on with your farewell tour, because once its up, say "farewell" to Jeff Hemers headache free JBT. BEcause I am sure SMART will show you "NO MERCY" when you are looking to collect!!!!!
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