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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Smash49 on August 11, 2003, 09:05:17 PM
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Anybody go to www.pba.com and look at the bios of the featured pros? The last featured pro I looked at had been a PBA member for 25 years and earned $785,000 during that time. That's a whopping $31,400 a year! I'm sure that he did other things during that time, at least I hope so. That's $15 an hour. Now figure you're paying your own taxes etc.... This is the pride of our sport! Not the bowlers fault but compare our professional athletes pay to that of any other pro sport in the world and you would be hard pressed to find one that pays less. Granted this is only winnings but still why fight the hassles.
Smash49
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Well... hmm.. This upcoming season the prize funds are increasing right?
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Well if you think that's bad, take a look at winnings on the PWBA.
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Things are changing. WRW won over $400K last year, and with the new exempt format, the top bowler may soon top $500K per year, while an exempt player who loses every one of his 1st round matches will still earn $32K.
Since that ain't gonna happen, I would guesstimate that the lowest ranking player on the exempt tour will probably make about $60K. That's not too bad.
It's all about sponsorship money, and the new guys running the PBA know how to play the game. Stay optimistic, there are better times ahead for professional bowling.
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seadrive
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I guess part of my thoughts would be if I were a young athlete and looking at sports what would I concentrate on. A-Rod makes 25 mil a year, Shaq makes???? Look at the minimum salaries in Football, Basketball and Baseball and compare. I did find that Arena Football pay is close! Golfers play for more in one hole than a good year of bowling. A lot depends on what you were good at but as a career bowling may not be that good an option. I've also seen seniors going the other way. Why join the Seniors tour when you can bowl other regionals like SASBA? People wonder why bowling is not taken seriously here is one point.
Smash49
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robert@bowlersslidesock.com
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I am with Seadrive. I think the new owners have us headed in the right direction. I heard that the minimum after seeding begins will be closer to 40K, plus any sponsorships. Still not up to speed, but given where we were 5 years ago a major improvement. I think they believe they can eventually have us at the level of Pro Tennis or even Golf in the future. We did not get the sport in position to make money years ago, so it is not going to happen overnight. If we were to look back at the early golf winnings they were probably not too high, but progressed at a decent pace. Ours should have, but we were "non profit", in more ways than just the organization. I will never make a living with a bowling ball, but my kids might just have that opportunity.