Quote from: Long Gone Daddy on December 01, 2012, 09:23:27 AM

And now you know why so many young people don't bowl except for moonlite doubles.  They're not looking to go to a funeral home or church.  So when guys are yelling from the dugout in their baseball game, they are disrespecting the sport?  How about during a pick up basketball game.  How is it major league hitters can hit the ball with thousands of fans yelling at them to get a hit or strike out, yet a bowler can't get a strike unless it is absolutely quiet when he is on the approach?  I remember watching my dad and uncle bowl in the 60's.  Good bowlers, 190 + averages which was excellent for the day.  Their league didn't act like a Sunday sermon was going on.  Why do you guys insist on letting this menial garbage distracting you?   

You want it quiet?  Bowl in singles tournaments, not in leagues made up of teams.   

 LGD,

 I don't really think he, or I, am talking about bowling in a church. I never really expect people to act like church mice, heck, I don't even expect them to be real quiet, but we are talking about people just yelling out at random moments, not caring whether they are being distracting to some of the other players on the league.

 I am all for having a good time, and even yaking at and with your friends while bowling, but just blatantly yelling "Who's your Daddy" or "Come get you some" at the top of your lungs during other bowlers approaches is just disrespectful.

 Unlike at a baseball or basketball game where EVERYONES focus is on what is happening, and EVERYONE knows why you are yelling, and probably either expecting you to yell (or even yelling themselves), bowling is an indoor event where yelling has never really been the "norm".

 You try to make a comparison to yelling at a baseball game = to yelling at a bowling center, but you know it is not the same, so stop trying to make ridiculous comparisons that don't work. We both know you're smarter than that.

I don't have a problem with rooting a player on or high fiving or such. But I do have a problem with a beer swigging guy who thinks he is cool by yelling out POSSIBLE  on lane such and such no mater where it is.

This guy wouldn't know what team bowling or otherwise is if it slapped him up side the face.

I agree with you Shipper.  These responses have clearly identified the issue with the "sport" of bowling.  There is no sport anymore.  I don't care if you're bowling or at a movie, I shouldn't have to tolerate idiots behaving poorly. Saying something is all in fun doesn't mean it is acceptable behavior.  Forget lane courtesy, lets work on common courtesy.

Bowling is still a sport, just not what you think it should be for league bowling. Bowling at the PBA, collegiate, and youth level in tournaments really enforces the idea that bowling is a sport. Maybe if you guys quit focusing on all the negatives, you might be able to find some positives about bowling.