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strikecing

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PBA gets Attacked
« on: March 31, 2010, 05:49:37 PM »
Here in Indy there is a bowing radio show that can be heard on blogtalkradio.com.  Last week they got PBA player Dereck Sapp as special guest.  This just happen to be after the players meeting where next years "tour" was talked about.  This is great talk about the PBA and what they should be doing or ideas they need to do.  To get to the good stuff fast forward to the 18 min mark!!  This is when Dereck joins Joe Barton and Chris Curry on air and they start throwing bombs!  This has done some shaking and now Tom Clark himself will call into the show to talk about this episode!  The Thirteenth show plays every wednesday on Blogtalkradio. click the link below


http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the13thframe/2010/03/18/the-13th-frame-show

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r534me

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Re: PBA gets Attacked
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2010, 02:47:48 AM »
Bring the PBA back to broadcast TV.

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Re: PBA gets Attacked
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2010, 07:05:30 AM »
"I would start the PBA season the week after the Superbowl and run through the 4th of July. Take a short break 6-7 weeks into the season to avoid the first two weekends of the NCAA tourney. Baseball really doesn't get interesting until September anyway, so I don't think that you have to worry too much about that conflict.


The pba needs a major overhaul but unless someone comes up with some major money and personel who know what they are doing i'm afraid we'll continue to see the same old same old.
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I agree with both comments. NCAA tournament would only interfere with a couple of weeks. You could actually run it through August because baseball has so many teams and so many games it wouldn't be an issue. Baseballs biggest ratings are during the playoffs which are starting later and later almost every year. Most of the NBAs big games are later in the evening during the week and weekend so that wouldn't be a problem.
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r534me

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Re: PBA gets Attacked
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2010, 11:11:17 AM »
looking back in the day the PBA had more viewers than golf or hockey.  Now the reverse is true.  If the popularity of bowling can be revived putting it back on Broadcast TV should only increase the numbers expecially if our economy stays the same.  It's tough for a lot of people to pay 50 pus dollars a month or more to directv or comcast.  I have directv and I contemplating dropping it when my contract is over because I don't really watch anything.  Bowling or auto racing would be the only things I need it for, and if I could get at least one on broadcast TV that would be great.

strikecing

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Re: PBA gets Attacked
« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2010, 09:28:52 PM »
I think the main point that we need is sponsers!!! they make this thing go round!!! I dont think the TV spot is that big of a deal...yes it would help but if you aint got the sponsers then no one cares when your on tv...
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r534me

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Re: PBA gets Attacked
« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2010, 04:33:26 AM »
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I think the main point that we need is sponsers!!! they make this thing go round!!! I dont think the TV spot is that big of a deal...yes it would help but if you aint got the sponsers then no one cares when your on tv...
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Columbia300 Perfect Rival pin above the bridge
Track 505A pin above middle finger (WOW)
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It goes hand and hand.  If the sponsors value bowling they will pay more to place their ads in the TV time slots that cost more and reach their demographics.  Tom Clark mentioned that it's not just about ratings.  It's about the value to the sponsors.  Build some value and put them on broadcast TV.  Go back in history and see who the sponsors were.  For example, Ford use to sponser an event.  There used to be value to sponsers.