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Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« on: April 10, 2019, 01:28:24 AM »
This was on tv tonight.  Winner got something like $260k and the runner-up got $60k.

Eight pros competed against each other and eight amatuers competed against each other, then the two winners bowled each other (pro vs amateur).  The tv show only showed the semi-final and final matches.

This is supposed to be a series and the next event will be broadcast in September.

https://www.bowlero.com/elite-series/rules

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2019/04/08/nbc-sports-presents-bowlero-elite-series-opening-event-with-more-than-500000-in-prize-money-on-the-line-in-chicago-tomorrow-on-nbcsn-at-9-p-m-et/

Nice to see a larger prize fund available for bowling.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2019, 07:08:10 AM »
Would have liked to have seen the earlier matches. Besides that, it was fun. Announcing could be better. Less commercials definitely would be better.
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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2019, 09:40:11 AM »
It was amazing to watch a pro versus an amateur square off on TV. Winner took home $270K and 2nd place paid $80K! PBA needs to step up and get some better sponsors!!!!
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2019, 10:58:44 AM »
it was a pro bowling against a house hack on a house pattern. All it really was was a carry contest as is most tournaments bowled on house patterns. I watched it, but it wasn't that thrilling.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2019, 11:14:41 AM »
I actually don't like the message it sends. If someone with little understanding of lane conditions watches this show, what message did it just send? It just said that an amateur league bowler is on par with top tier pros in the viewers eyes. It makes our sport look even more flat across the board.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2019, 11:18:35 AM »
I would also liked to have seen highlights from prior matches. I mean, why waste all that bowling star power and limit people like Belmo, Daria, Rash, etc. to promos instead of seeing them perform? It wouldn't take that long to show clips and they seemed to have dead space to fill. It looks like they're still ironing out the wrinkles given how the scores weren't showing correctly for a while but they figured it out. I'm looking forward to the next one!
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2019, 11:28:16 AM »
The winner is a Storm staffer. So he isn’t just some schmuck they found bowling one afternoon.

One of the other amateurs was Troup’s brother.
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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2019, 11:37:13 AM »
I do agree though, the pattern needs to be way tougher.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2019, 11:41:59 AM »
Quote from: psycaz on April 10, 2019, 11:28:16 AM
The winner is a Storm staffer. So he isn’t just some schmuck they found bowling one afternoon.

One of the other amateurs was Troup’s brother.

Have to give Storm credit for one thing.  They do seem to have a nose for grabbing up and coming talent early.  This guy just paid for his contract big time.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2019, 11:54:08 AM »
So if a house shot is so easy, then the  "pros" should be able to shoot 300 every game. Of course, of course, they got robbed and the amateur house hack got a few lucky carries.


How many of you guys making these claims average in excess of 240? I know several local "house hacks" who do, but they aren't PBA members.

Please, many of the best bowlers in the world are not members of the PBA.

Not that I'm a better bowler than the PBA or even top level amateurs, but at my job, I make more than the highest paid PBA bowler, at least if the reported amount is true. And I don't have the expense and issues with having to travel to earn it.

If the pros are so much better than the amateurs, especially on "flat oil", then why aren't the PBA members winning the USBC Open Championships every year? Sure some of them do well, but I don't remember the last time a brand name PBA regular won.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2019, 12:10:57 PM »
I didn't watch the show, was it stated how the amateurs were chosen?
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2019, 12:17:21 PM »
People will complain no matter what for any reason imaginable. Why dont we all just quit bowling and take up 'Candlepin' bowling where the record series is 624 and shooting 500+ is almost nil? Something to shoot for...
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« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2019, 12:42:57 PM »
Do agree if the PBA paid like the NBA, MLB, NBA etc might well see a different group of people on top.  Intergenerational wealth tends to separate wheat from chaff.  Bowling still tends to have more of an element of both luck and who is hot on a particular day than other sports as well.
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2019, 01:07:43 PM »
I just received an email from Storm. The title match was decided 237 – 226. That doesn't seem any different than the tournaments bowled on "real" conditions. If anything, it's on the low side.

Or it was just a "carry contest" between a couple of shitty spare shooters...
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Re: Bowlero Elite Series On NBC Sports (I Did Not Spoil)
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2019, 01:19:39 PM »
On the low side?  It was a 1 game match for $190,000.  Most people can't pry it off their mitt for $100. 

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