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StarGumbo

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So why is it
« on: November 13, 2006, 03:52:07 AM »
They can't tell/show us on TV what it is that the bowlers are throwing?  I think taking 30 seconds to tell us about what kind of equipment the pro's are using wouldn't hurt.  Or does it have something to do with legalities?
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shelley

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Re: So why is it
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2006, 12:36:10 PM »
Nothing to do with being legal or not and everything to do with such a thing sounding too much like "free advertising".  The obvious argument against that being "free" is the hefty registration fees that ball and shoe and accessories companies pay be allowed in PBA competition.  

Since they already pay to be registered (which has nothing to do with any kind of technical regulations), why not give them some talk on the show?  "Oh, he's using ball X because it's got a pearl cover that helps push downlane more" or "Bob's using ball Y because it's asymmetric and can generate more backend on that pattern".

In the end, it's money.  Plain and simple.

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minimum bob

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Re: So why is it
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2006, 07:22:24 PM »
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Nothing to do with being legal or not and everything to do with such a thing sounding too much like "free advertising". The obvious argument against that being "free" is the hefty registration fees that ball and shoe and accessories companies pay be allowed in PBA competition.

Since they already pay to be registered (which has nothing to do with any kind of technical regulations), why not give them some talk on the show? "Oh, he's using ball X because it's got a pearl cover that helps push downlane more" or "Bob's using ball Y because it's asymmetric and can generate more backend on that pattern".

In the end, it's money. Plain and simple.
 


Well, it's not quite that simple.  It depends on who's paying for the air time.  If the PBA bought the air time from ESPN (as the PWBA used to do), then it would seem to be fair for them to make some mention of the equipment used, etc.  If ESPN is paying the PBA a license fee to broadcast the tournament, then it wouldn't be fair to ESPN to mention the equipment used since that could conceivably (although not likely) detract from ESPN's ability to sell advertising time.  I'm not sure what kind of deal the PBA has with ESPN, but my guess is that ESPN is paying something to the PBA for the right to broadcast the shows.

Net net, Shelley's right...it's all about the money....  But let's try to understand where the decisions come from.




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