Men's college bowling is NOT an NCAA sport. Therefore the rules are different as far as accepting money, i.e. bowling tournaments or bowling league as "adult". Women's bowling is different as many of the women's programs belong to the NCAA. Some however, like Wichita State do not belong to the NCAA but another intercollegiate association. Sounds stupid, but it's like boxing where competing organizations run their own championships. PBA rules are different again in that once you cash twice in the same year, you must become a member if you bowl again. Matt O'Grady is now in this situation and will probably not do so since he is still bowling collegiately. As for youth, as unfortunate as it is, the USBC now allows youth to bowl in any singles event (USA Team Trials, PBA regionals, even the US Open) etc. where prize money exists as long as they sign a waiver so the money can go to a USBC/SMART scholarhsip account. I personally disagree with this as I believe youth should be youth and need to grow up and mature both in their game and attitude, however USBC obviously knows more than me.
