Let me start my reply with the youngest of the last three to respond, MM2004. I bet MM does not remember when I use to help with MAYBE and he'd drive up and beat up on some of the other good young talent. I even saw you bowl Junior Gold back when I would go and support by watching. And since MM is the youngest, I hope he can solve the riddle…â€Where in de heck is the youth movement?†I've seen enough young talent in my years of being involved with Parent Coaches Assc that is now 20'something. It seems the young bowlers stop competing when they turn adult, it could have something to do with going from being the big fish to just another fish in the sea. Are the 20'some bowlers afraid to compete against the same people they once idolized? I had a bowler tell me, “I want to make a name for myself.†LA & I told this person, you have to get out and bowl and when you keep kicking some butt, they will know who you are.
Brizmo, “Toughest lefty in the area right now†as I have said recently. I SAID IT! Why the majority of lefties are complaining, Briz has figured out, there are locator arrows on 15 and 20 and has won playing in there too!
If you want to know why VMSBT & 40 Boards don't draw the same crowd as Triple Threat...the answer is simple. Close your eyes and visualize all of the faces there bowling. These are the same people that say they don't have the money to bowl but bring 7 ($150-200 per ball) of the latest & greatest balls to league. These same bowlers spend $100 or more a week in side action at one league before paying their league dues. A lot of money if you can do the math! Some with tell you they have kids, that’s why I don’t come but I see a lot of fathers bowling tournaments; some even have a kid or two there rooting them on while mommy is at work, out of town or just home relaxing. Don’t forget that they don't know about the tournament but amazingly know to ask, "How was the tournament?" when I run into them later the same day. These are the same people that ask you to keep them in the loop about tournaments because they are going to start bowling some tournaments. Let me be the first to say, there is nothing wrong with saying, I enjoy bowling league and I am content.
Here is an excuse I always here, there is not enough money. As BC says, "You cannot use an extra $500 to $1,000?" Bowlers bowl a league season to win $1,000 and that's before you deduct the $700 it cost you to win it. If all of the people who gave that as there "reason" for not bowling tournaments and showed up, there would be plenty of money at every tournament. Simple math, more bowlers times dollars = more money. If the 30 people who should be bowling but make excuses show up, now there are 60 people. We have now doubled the field, the prize money along with more people playing pots, survival and we know there will be A LOT more brackets to win.
The same people that have a million reasons why they don’t bowl tournaments are afraid to give that same song and dance because they don't want to let Yvette or Janeen down. Add in these same people who only bowl "certain" events to the other tournaments, now those tournaments go from paying $600-800 to $1,000 or more on a regular and now people show up to tournaments the same way they do to these quote unquote big money leagues. BUT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, people have to stop giving excuses and start bowling.
More entries = MORE MONEY, MORE MONEY, MORE MONEY! A tournament is only successful when the bowlers get together and start supporting them. If someone runs a bad tournament, we should not SUPPORT them. When there are organized tournaments like 40 Boards, Triple Threat & VMSBT (ABC order), by all means, we should support them. We are lucky, so many people always tell me, you guys are lucky to have stuff to bowl, there is nothing where I live. Us bowlers will bowl a poorly run event year after year just because we perceive there being a lot of money there to win.
