Author Topic: PBA to do away with Excempt for 2012 -13 (Read 2885 times)

Dewey24 · « **on:** November 10, 2011, 06:20:50 AM »

http://news.pba.com/post/2011/11/10/PBA-to-Return-to-Non-Exempt-Tour-for-2012-13-Season.aspx

JessN16 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2011, 02:20:47 AM »

This is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

As others have already mentioned, what will make the difference is sponsorship money. Actually, here's how you fix the whole thing, step by step, but I say this with the knowledge that it's not going to happen.

1) Find a credible tour sponsor plus a handful of associate sponsors (the NASCAR model).

2) All finals MUST be live-televised, even if you have to switch networks. Being on Versus isn't ideal, but it's better than being a sideshow on ESPN. The NHL has made it work and so could the PBA.

3) Expand the schedule to between 20-30 events, and commit to holding events in all regions.

4) Once the total number of events hits 25 or so, reinstate the exempt tour, as it will mean something then. Adapt the PGA money system to determine the field.

Until then, the PBA is no longer a profession.

Jess

ssh2 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:09:12 PM »

What's sad is the UFC was in a similar situation and Zuffa comes along to buy them out. Now they are getting ready to go more Primetime on Fox 2. They already had 1 fight on Fox and feedback was great. They survived with Spike and Versus just fine. What's also sad is guys who only fight 3-4 times MAX a year make more then the top 5 PBA exempt guys combined for a year. 40 Millionaires in the UFC just from fighting since Zuffa took over. Seems that the PBA needs to look at other sponsors.

Andyman3333 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2011, 01:28:29 PM »

This will not increase entries into tournaments. Fewer bowlers will front a $500 entry fee than if they had rabbit squads with $200-$300 entries. However they do it, the general population has less money to spend and I would argue that bowlers fall into that general population.

All we have to do is look at the recently completed WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING, which garnered just over 200 entries and couldn't sell out in it's 3rd year of operations after selling out last year. That $750 entry, shorter compressed schedule and improved payout ratio over the previous year, was not enough incentive for 256 players to sign up for the event that pays out 1 million dollars in total prize money. And one must ask the question... WHY?

My question is, why is the PBA NOT RUNNING WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING SATELLITE TOURNAMENTS leading up to the event to get committed entries. Or running any type of qualifying events for the tournament during their regionals?

Why not run a $250 event in 10 or 12 locations (Regionals) with winners earning all expense paid trips to bowl in the World Series of Bowling in 2012?

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Jorge300 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2011, 02:29:05 PM »

Andy,

I agree with you on this assessment. If you look at the World Series of Poker Main Event, when it had it's highest number of entrants ever, it was because the online poker companies did exactly this. They held free or minimly priced satellite tournaments with the winners getting entry into the World Series Main Event. There were millions of poker players online trying to win one of these seats (granted the $10,000 price tag is way above and beyond the $500 price of the WSOB but the concept still holds). If the Regions were to hold tournaments with entries into the WSOB, I think you would see more people tying it. It could help the Region expenses and having a full field of bowlers at WSOB year in and year out would be a huge selling point to sponsors. And, as with Chris Moneymaker in the WSOP Main Event, one of these satellite entries actually wins an event or makes the TV Show, you could see even more entries the following years. And when the pool got big enough the WSOP even held it's own satellite tournaments around the country.

Andyman3333 wrote on 11/22/2011 2:28 PM:
This will not increase entries into tournaments. Fewer bowlers will front a $500 entry fee than if they had rabbit squads with $200-$300 entries. However they do it, the general population has less money to spend and I would argue that bowlers fall into that general population.

All we have to do is look at the recently completed WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING, which garnered just over 200 entries and couldn't sell out in it's 3rd year of operations after selling out last year. That $750 entry, shorter compressed schedule and improved payout ratio over the previous year, was not enough incentive for 256 players to sign up for the event that pays out 1 million dollars in total prize money. And one must ask the question... WHY?

My question is, why is the PBA NOT RUNNING WORLD SERIES OF BOWLING SATELLITE TOURNAMENTS leading up to the event to get committed entries. Or running any type of qualifying events for the tournament during their regionals?

Why not run a $250 event in 10 or 12 locations (Regionals) with winners earning all expense paid trips to bowl in the World Series of Bowling in 2012?

www.brunswickbowling.com

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation.

PROFILE
340-370 revs
18 mph
230 book on THS
200 book on PBA

Arsenal: (In the bag) C-System Ulti-Max, C-System Alpha Max, C-System 3.5, Lethal Revolver, Loaded Revolver, Wicked Siege, Massive Damage, Damage, Slingshot, Avalanche Slide,

Jorge300

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