Sooo basically a youth can bowl an adult leage, not accept more then 500$ total and still have there youth Eligability? Hmm thats cool.

Edited on 11/23/2006 11:53 AM

thats pretty cool. so do you have to call the house you want to bowl the tournament at and talk to the tournament director ahead of time and ask if its alright to bowl it and see if we can get a gift certicicate to their pro shop. or do we just show up? and does that mean we can sub in adult team leagues or just like pace in singles?
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yea im still confused on if it has to be singles or not? i think it does has tho.
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I am on both sides of the fence here.  I can see where this could boost tournament entries and such, which is not a bad thing.  But it's still a bad idea.  I still can't understand why women can hold their state and local tourneys (women only) and still bowl in the USBC State/local tournaments.  I just don't get the concept.  How can they allow a junior bowler to compete in adult tournaments it's silly.  I mean sure, I'm scared I'll get my arse handed to me by a 13 yr. old, but that's not why I'm against the idea.  Scholarship money is great but I just don't think it's fair.
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ok so im a junior bowler.  If i wanted to sub in an adult-junior league for the adult bowler, would i be able to do that?  There is only one adult on the team so wouldnt that be legal?
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Adult/Youth leagues or tournaments are a bit different. Usually no cash is awarded so Rule 400 is not violated. A youth may bowl as an adult in such a league/tournament as long as it is not prohibited by the league rules.

Pages 124 - 125 of the 2006-07 Playing Rules address this issue.

First of all, I'm glad that they have cut back the restrictions on the other things such as equipment, tournament entries, etc.  We went from having to buy cheaper Champion plaques to being able to again award our personalized Tournament Champion shirts and maybe even the re-birth of the Yamo Challenge where bowling equipment was the main prize base.

As for the other part I am leaning toward the side that thinks that most adult tournaments (5-gamers, ABT, etc here in SoCal) would not want to hassle with the SMART system- setting up an account, depositing funds, etc. when they are used to just handing over a check or an envelope of cash.  I don't think most juniors realize the amount of paperwork and web-time that is involved in running a simple tournament club.

It's a pretty simple three-part rule
1) If an event is singles only and you wave your right to any cash not in the form of scholarship and waive your right to any bowling equipment/gc/merchandise greater than $500 period you can bowl
2) You can win bowling equipment/gc/merchandise less than $500 and not lose your junior status
3) You are not protected from losing high school or college eligbility if you follow the above guidelines

Remember that any gift certificate that can be redeemed for cash is considered cash.  Wouldn't want someone to lose their eligibility over a few bucks...

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