It depends on the manufacturer, due to the fact that it depends on what they have, i.e. Brunswick-bowling balls, Storm/Roto-Grip-balls, bags, accessories, Ebonite Family (4 companies)-balls, bags & acc, Dexter-shoes, etc. I can tell you from experience that Brunswick's involvement in the PBA was 7 figures when it was all said and done.

Hopefully this gives you an idea of how much money they PBA makes and how much it gives back.
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Formerly BrunsRico

Edited on 12/9/2008 6:53 AM

I had regional player tell me it was 100K.  Of course, what upsets a lot of people, is no grandfathering.  If a company decides not to pay for a couple of months, all their equipment becomes illegal even if they were onced approved, unlike with the USBC.