Hello,
  Good topic.  If I were king of the YABA world, I'd suggest allowing you to bowl 2 or 3 adult tournaments a year and still retain junior status, so you can get it out of your system, so to speak, and not make it such a crushing decision wether to go adult or not.
  I believe some of the issues regarding 'gambling' are a bit backwards, but it's important to follow the rules as they are and work in a positive way to change them, rather than to break them, get caught, and ruin the most fun times of your life.
 
  I might add that any reputable director will return unclaimed funds back to that group's fund, and not take it to Fiji with them.  I don't see how anyone doing that would stay in business very long.  Our unclaimed funds help our year-end tournament prize funds, etc, etc...

See you soon at JBTSW events
Jeff

Another thing...I think that our scholarship should be able to be used for bowling equipment, travel for bowling, from hotels, to entry fees, to new bowling balls, shoes, and all that good stuff. The better equipment we have these days, the better you can bowl, so therefor you could make more money with the better equipment that you might not be able to afford with cash.
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Jeff, it would be a wonderful idea to come up with something similar to the PBA allowing amateurs to bowl in their regionals as a guest (you know... you bowl so many events as a guest, and have to get a card... eventually). However, with so many YABA members, despite the decline in membership, it would almost be impossible to track down who bowls what ABC/WIBC event.

Anyway, to pass on the word... the way I understand it, you can send in the petition/letter to the PBA saying that you want to have the commissioner's exemption to a particular event, despite being a YABA member. It doesn't say anything about you having to be an ABC/WIBC member at all, anywhere on the entry form. Some of you guys might wanna give it a try. If someone can prove me wrong, please do.

I've seen kids lie about their real names at a Saturday bonanza scratch tournament and cash, and nobody knows about it. I don't want to say names because it's not my job to say, "Hey man i'm gonna report you and you lose your eligibility."
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-Jeremy Vitug

Well remember Josh, despite bowling that might take more skill then racing around a track which I don't think should be considered a sport..racing that is..because your not doing anything athletic, but they get paid so much is due to the life risk, look how many people have died or been seriously hurt
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