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No Fear

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So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« on: May 24, 2005, 02:57:37 AM »
We had our end of league award & money Payout meeting last night...18 Five Men teams...Our local USBC Rep was present....New proposals were brought up & read...After they were read....One of our bowlers spoke up & said"Let me see if I got this right?....WE pay the USBC $16.00 & get our balls trashed"....So we voted....IN a Landslide show of hands...."NO WAY USBC"...The local rep spoke up & meekly said "It's out of my control please don't blame Me"......Come September when leagues gather for their meetings...What do You think YOUR league will vote??........
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Strike300

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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2005, 08:11:52 PM »
I'm no ball driller but from what I understand you can replug and redrill the ball to specs. Even in the USBC responses they indicate thats what you can do. As for the CG not being marked on a resurfaced ball that may be a problem. Its not there fault you guys buy 10 balls that you don't need in the first place unless your bowling tournaments. For your THS shot I'm sure you can get away with a total of 4 balls. Thats including a plastic ball. I've had a ball for 4 years. Been resurfaced many times, CG still marked, still rolls like the first day I got it.
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Mike Austin

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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2005, 11:54:36 PM »
I thought I read where the balls you have now are good until Jan 2008, which is over 2 years from now.  Most people don't keep their balls that long.

A good pro shop operator can find the cg on an undrilled/plugged up bowling ball with no problem.  But then again, many people go to the garage type/cheap guys so that they can save money.  You get what you pay for.

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10 In The Pit

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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2005, 02:01:20 AM »
Maybe the USBC proposals will be doing a good thing for me.  Since my equipment will be illegal, and I refuse to update my arsenal to satisfy the USBC, then it looks like I won't be bowling come the 2008 season.  This will save me numerous dollars per week in league fees, and it will save me numerous dollars per week in traveling expenses since my house is not close to where I live.  And, I'll be gaining about 5 hours per night on the nights that I used to bowl (between traveling time and league time).  So, the USBC just might be doing me a BIG favor.  Oh, by the way, I can save the $16 in USBC card fees too, since I won't be bowling in sanctioned competition anymore.  Yes, I can see big savings from the proposals.  Also, I can cancel my subscriptions to the bowling magazines that I currently get....besides, I can throw away all of my old bowling magazines since I won't be needing them anymore either.

Yes, I've finally found something positive about all of the ludicrous proposals that this USBC group has come up with....they will be saving me dollars, time, and space.  Oh, speaking of space, I can send all of my bowling equipment to the landfill too, since I won't be needing it anymore either....with over 20 balls at the house, that will open up some much needed space!
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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2005, 07:11:09 AM »
10 in the Pit.....Your sentiments are what I fear will be common thoughts among many bowlers....The USBC is totally barking up the wrong tree with these proposals....The USBC says they want to bring back some credibility to the game BUT before that can happen they must prove to bowling that they are a CREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.....A CREDIBLE ORGANIZATION WOULD ADD BOWLERS NOT LOSE MORE & MORE EVERY YEAR....REMEMBER GUYS YOUR "JOE AVERAGE BOWLER" DOES NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES....BUT COME SEPTEMBER....WATCH WHAT HAPPENS!!!
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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2005, 07:12:05 AM »
10 in the Pit.....Your sentiments are what I fear will be common thoughts among many bowlers....The USBC is totally barking up the wrong tree with these proposals....The USBC says they want to bring back some credibility to the game BUT before that can happen they must prove to bowling that they are a CREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.....A CREDIBLE ORGANIZATION WOULD ADD BOWLERS NOT LOSE MORE & MORE EVERY YEAR....REMEMBER GUYS YOUR "JOE AVERAGE BOWLER" DOES NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES....BUT COME SEPTEMBER....WATCH WHAT HAPPENS!!!
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azguy

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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2005, 07:29:20 AM »
First off let me say I DO NOT agree with the proposed changes !! Keep that in mind.....but

Most of you may be to young to remember the changes with the cars and the emissions controls....but reading the posts brings me back to when the auto industry made the first changes with the "coffee can" emission control. I heard my dad and friends say..I'll never buy a new car that has this crap in it, or that HAS to have this crap unleaded gas to make it run.
Well, take a look outside, there she sits, a car that has more 'junk' under the hood than most of us understand. Look at the pumps, unleaded only, and did my dad stop buying new cars ? shoot no, he buys one new one every 2 years !

It is change and a lot if us fear change. I'm old enough to remember when the US lived under the fear of the A Bomb and we are all going to die in 60 seconds or less, did we ? nope, was there changes ? yep, does your life change day to day ? yep...

All I'm wanting to point out is, Wait and See. all the crying about "I'm not going to do this"....and "I'm not going to do that" won't help anything, wait, read...adjust.

If you love the game, as I'm sure most do, then you be back, and bowling just as good as you did a year ago. Those that want an excuse to quit, here it is, but change will happen, how much ? when ? we won't know until later this summer, so wait, read and react.

I'm done.
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azguy

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Re: So WE Pay the USBC $16.00 & get our BALLS TRASHED
« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2005, 08:13:03 AM »
True, things with the cars didn't change overnight. But, I still feel these changes, as printed, will not be the changes we see in 60 days. I think there may be a few changes that head off in that direction, but not a total change as written, today.
Again, maybe I'm off, but to see what they want, to see what we get, then "WE" as bowlers feel WE won something will make the changes easier to swollow.

Just my thoughts.
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