Bob,
I may have used your post, but my response wasn't directed at you. It was for everyone out there. You are by far the exception. Most of those doing the most vocal complaining don't lift finger 1 to do anything to help stem the tide. I, for one, appreciate your efforts as I would like to see bowling stablize, as I know it will never get back to where it once was. But it is easy to say be pro-active....it is entirely another to know what to do. That was part of my point....there is so much causing the decline, that I don't think anyone could have been pro-active enough to stop it from happening. And if there were some people who were that smart, they wouldn't be working for the USBC making peanuts, they would be making millions working someone in the business world. So we can come on sites like this and complain and complain and whine and complain and......or we can come together as group and try to come up with solutions that might do some good. There are probably thousands of bowlers on this site....collectively maybe we can come up with an idea, and as each person adds to it, morphs it slightly, we can turn it into something useful. We have the advantage of having a user who has connections at the USBC, Riggs. If we can come up with a truly valuable idea, I am sure he would be willing to pass it along. If they don't use it....THEN we can all criticize them for not doing enough. I just get tired of seeing complaint after complaint, but when you ask how you fix it, everyone says it's not their job.
