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General Category => PBA => Topic started by: Joe Jr on August 10, 2006, 12:30:09 PM

Title: Heard a rumor today...
Post by: Joe Jr on August 10, 2006, 12:30:09 PM

From a Columbia rep, he heard they were dropping the 1st from 40K to 25K this season. Anyone else here anything?
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Title: Re: Heard a rumor today...
Post by: Gene J Kanak on August 12, 2006, 07:19:46 PM

I'd be surprised to hear that, but I suppose anything is possible.
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Title: Re: Heard a rumor today...
Post by: J_Mac on August 12, 2006, 07:25:06 PM

So they're dropping the amount that 1st place gets.  Are they taking that money and distributing it elsewhere in the standings though?
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Title: Re: Heard a rumor today...
Post by: northface28 on August 13, 2006, 12:54:53 AM

Ive heard this as well. PBA has been in the red for many years now.
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Title: Re: Heard a rumor today...
Post by: shelley on August 13, 2006, 06:19:06 PM

Maybe it's just for the old-style tournaments.  They've changed the format for a few of the tournaments to the old qualifying plus round-robin 24-game match play with stepladder finals.  They did that last year for the Dick Weber Classic and the payout was $30K for first instead of $40K.  Could be that they need to spread the prize fund around more for those tournaments.

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