Wuh no one likes Shannon pluhlowski. Or the female version of Mike fagan , Diana zajvalova!!

Wuh no one likes Shannon pluhlowski. Or the female version of Mike fagan , Diana zajvalova!!

Quote from: mstevens on May 14, 2015, 02:20:37 PM

i agree.

however, it is predicted, that lack of interest will be the end of this, again sadly.

I doubt this, for 3 main reasons.

• They are TOURING. The PBA hasn't done that for the past 5 years, if not longer. Their cutting costs by serving up their shows in static locations cost them dearly, in the form of interacting with the fans of the players and those in the sport. With the ladies back and out on tour, people will go to see them. That brings in revenue for them at pro-ams, and ticket sales to qualifying, match play, and finals.
• Old Favourites + Fresh Meat. I don't mean that in any derogatory way, but with the PWBA today, you have set up what basically was the PBA from 10 years ago: New faces who can compete with the tried and true pros. Think about it. CDB and Leanne have more titles between them than the ages of some of the newer ladies coming up. And talk about matches you would only see in a fantasy league! Someone mentioned Zajvalova as being a female Fagan. Well, Boomer still has a vicious swing. Ever thought you'd see that matchup? McKewan and Liz strike with ruthless efficiency. Romeo and Duggan are still hungry for titles. And some of the ladies are old enough to be the newer girls' mothers.
• Did I mention they are TOURING? Would you rather want to fly out to Vegas for 5 weeks to catch the PBA, on your own dime, then follow them around Europe and Japan, as the PBA is now joined in with the WBT for their tournaments, or be able to catch them in places not too far from you, and not so much of a distance if more than one stop is nearby? I have friends of mine back in Omaha who are going to the Wichita stop, the Topeka stop, as well as Lincoln, all because they are within 3 hour's drive. That makes accessibility much easier, and with that, you get more that are able to SEE the people they see on TV, and that's what builds the numbers of fans.

I think that if this goes over well, This has the potential to put the PBA on notice, and have them take note of what they are NOT doing that put them in the position they are in now, compared to how well the PWBA would be doing.

BL.

Quote from: CBB on May 15, 2015, 03:29:07 PM

North Face I TOTALLY disagree. The whole fun of the Tours is to see Your favorite Bowler/Bowlers in person. To get their Autograph. To party with them. My Wife and I went to a MD. Tournament years ago and partied with the Ladies after Qualifying. It looks like a lot of Young Ladies now and it is nice to see the older ones too. Its just what Bowling might need. The PBA is struggling because noone wants to see cockiness and arrogance. The Ladies do much better with Fans. It will not fold this time.

THIS.

It was a crapshoot to be able to sit down and talk with the guys on the PBA, just based on their attitude from how well or poorly they bowled that day. You just didn't know if you could approach them.

The first time the ladies came to Omaha in 1994, not only was I nervous as hell trying to walk over to say hi to the woman I idolized the most on the tour (Dana Miller-Mackie), I couldn't even get the words out of my mouth that I would like her autograph. Not only did she actually come up to me and introduce herself to me because I was so nervous, she walked me over to introduce me to Lisa Wagner, Anne Marie, and Aleta Sill, which I got a good 20 minutes of face time each with them. I supported Dana throughout that tournament that at the end of it, she left me her Rhino RE, which I still have. We've been friends ever since.

The following year, it was Liz Johnson, Sue Jeziorski, Feldman, Jodi Woessner, and Tammy Turner.

All of this comes home to roost, when you've seen and known them long enough that after that day's bowling, they invite you to dinner with all of them, and you get to know them as PEOPLE, not just bowlers on TV.

You can't get that with Xtra Frame.

The main reasons the PWBA folded at time was that they lost two major sponsors: Sam's Town didn't renew their contract, and National Airlines went bankrupt. National was owned by Michael Conway, who was also on the Senior Tour. They sponsored a lot of their tournaments after Sam's Town left, and National struggled hard after 9/11, especially seeing that they were based in Vegas. They folded a year later, with the PWBA folding 9 months after National.

BL.

The fact this thread isn't getting much traction kind of tells the story, look, I want the ladies to succeed just as much as you two do, but, I think your rose colored glasses and being stuck in the "glory years" time portal prohibit you from looking at this realistically. I mean a story  was brought up from 1994 for Christs sake!!!