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« on: March 13, 2020, 11:19:28 AM »
Has any leagues been cancelled that some of you bowl in due to the Coronavirus ? A tournament I was going to bowl in pulled the plug. I'm in Ohio where mass gatherings of 100 or more are prohibited. Things are changing daily so it could be an adjustment after the 2 p.m. press conference.

 

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« Reply #151 on: March 29, 2020, 06:32:40 PM »
Any word on if the USBC is going to refund part of our dues because of our inability to bowl for part of the year?

Can't see them doing that, and don't blame them for not doing that.

Trump's latest presser basically says centers will be closed through April. Sure hope the local ones can survive this

There will be some centers that simply won’t be able to weather this storm. This is going to be a death blow to bowling in my opinion.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #152 on: March 29, 2020, 07:11:55 PM »
Any word on if the USBC is going to refund part of our dues because of our inability to bowl for part of the year?

Can't see them doing that, and don't blame them for not doing that.

Trump's latest presser basically says centers will be closed through April. Sure hope the local ones can survive this

There will be some centers that simply won’t be able to weather this storm. This is going to be a death blow to bowling in my opinion.

Agreed.  Unless there's a huge bailout available to smaller businesses.  Bowling, restaurants,  salons/barbers etc.  will need a lot of help to keep from going under.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #153 on: March 29, 2020, 07:25:57 PM »
Any word on if the USBC is going to refund part of our dues because of our inability to bowl for part of the year?

Can't see them doing that, and don't blame them for not doing that.

Trump's latest presser basically says centers will be closed through April. Sure hope the local ones can survive this

There will be some centers that simply won’t be able to weather this storm. This is going to be a death blow to bowling in my opinion.

Agreed.  Unless there's a huge bailout available to smaller businesses.  Bowling, restaurants,  salons/barbers etc.  will need a lot of help to keep from going under.

I think this will be a pivotal week for businesses as to who survives and who doesn’t. $1200, if you qualify is nice, but it barely moves the needle, if at all, for most families.

My biggest fear of CV-19 was the economic carnage it would cause.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #154 on: March 29, 2020, 07:52:32 PM »
Any word on if the USBC is going to refund part of our dues because of our inability to bowl for part of the year?

Can't see them doing that, and don't blame them for not doing that.

Trump's latest presser basically says centers will be closed through April. Sure hope the local ones can survive this

There will be some centers that simply won’t be able to weather this storm. This is going to be a death blow to bowling in my opinion.

Agreed.  Unless there's a huge bailout available to smaller businesses.  Bowling, restaurants,  salons/barbers etc.  will need a lot of help to keep from going under.

They already passed one I thought.

If the monies are used to pay employed bills, it will be considered a grant and won’t have to be repaid.

Only way I see a ton of these business making it.

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« Reply #155 on: March 29, 2020, 08:17:23 PM »
They’re not in a financial position to do that would be my guess. They might offer discounted membership when things resume because that’s cheaper and also entices people to bowl.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #156 on: March 29, 2020, 08:18:12 PM »
Any word on if the USBC is going to refund part of our dues because of our inability to bowl for part of the year?

Can't see them doing that, and don't blame them for not doing that.

Trump's latest presser basically says centers will be closed through April. Sure hope the local ones can survive this

There will be some centers that simply won’t be able to weather this storm. This is going to be a death blow to bowling in my opinion.

Agreed.  Unless there's a huge bailout available to smaller businesses.  Bowling, restaurants,  salons/barbers etc.  will need a lot of help to keep from going under.

I think this will be a pivotal week for businesses as to who survives and who doesn’t. $1200, if you qualify is nice, but it barely moves the needle, if at all, for most families.

My biggest fear of CV-19 was the economic carnage it would cause.


The money would be enough if things were about to open back up in another week or two.  That's not likely.  Sooo many businesses from day to day types to seasonal tourism are going to be crushed. Most people are a few missed checks away from financial disaster.  This is going to be that disaster for many.  Obviously ones physical well being is a concern. It's the unknowns to the prolonged closures that are going to affect so many for a long time after the virus subsides.
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Re: Coronavirus
« Reply #157 on: March 29, 2020, 09:12:50 PM »
My league has 3 12 week portions to the season. W just had a position round to finish the 2nd 3rd of the season before my league/center shut down. I hope we get contacted in some form or another about prize fund payouts since I don't forsee us finishing out the season. Won't be big money for my team, but i still would like it.

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« Reply #158 on: March 29, 2020, 09:55:03 PM »
My league has 3 12 week portions to the season. W just had a position round to finish the 2nd 3rd of the season before my league/center shut down. I hope we get contacted in some form or another about prize fund payouts since I don't forsee us finishing out the season. Won't be big money for my team, but i still would like it.

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Yeah, payouts seem like it will get messy. I know most of my team is paid out through the year. So we at the very least should be getting that money back in addition to any prorated payouts. Tough because I bowl at a family owned center and I l know they could really use the money.
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« Reply #159 on: March 29, 2020, 09:59:06 PM »
My league has 3 12 week portions to the season. W just had a position round to finish the 2nd 3rd of the season before my league/center shut down. I hope we get contacted in some form or another about prize fund payouts since I don't forsee us finishing out the season. Won't be big money for my team, but i still would like it.

Brad

Yeah, payouts seem like it will get messy. I know most of my team is paid out through the year. So we at the very least should be getting that money back in addition to any prorated payouts. Tough because I bowl at a family owned center and I l know they could really use the money.

Yeah, the two centers by me are family owned and I have NO idea how they're gonna handle this. They barely did enough business before all this.

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« Reply #160 on: March 30, 2020, 01:54:20 AM »
I was totally trolling about the USBC refunding dues. I was hoping for a lot more vivid responses and some laughs lol. There is no way they are going to let money go like that!

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« Reply #161 on: March 30, 2020, 09:59:03 AM »
I was totally trolling about the USBC refunding dues. I was hoping for a lot more vivid responses and some laughs lol. There is no way they are going to let money go like that!

You know Chad didn't think it was funny.  :o ;D
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« Reply #162 on: March 30, 2020, 01:03:06 PM »
Any word on if the USBC is going to refund part of our dues because of our inability to bowl for part of the year?

Good question here, because they have a lot to work out not just internally, but with, say, the NCAA as well.

Not to go into the fanatical "oh, think of the children!" rant, but a lot of kids are on their final year of eligibility for youth and collegiates. they are going to miss out on their chances to bowl for their schools because of this and basically have that year taken away. They need to figure that out, along with any scholarships money that comes along with that.

They could let the adult's dues roll over to the following year or refund, but the kid's funds are a different story.

In short, they have a hell of a lot to work out between the local associations, the NCAA, and others.

On a side note, the only bowler probably getting any practicing done is Kamron Doyle. Anybody wanna go break into his parent's basement?  :P

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« Reply #163 on: April 01, 2020, 12:44:48 PM »

To put the "COVID is a hoax", political bollocks to bed, instead of trying to post armchair facts and data and claim that we should be listening to one person and not everyone else, let's rather get that info from someone on the front lines that we can definitely trust.

Everyone seems to forget that Erin McCarthy has a day job, and that is being a nurse at two different hospitals here in Omaha: the University of Nebraska Medical Center (the same one that took in the first COVID patients as well as the first Ebola patients) and Methodist Hospital. She took the time off to talk to Emil Williams and Aaron Smith about it and quite bluntly what everyone needs to be doing as she's putting her life on the line out there with this. If anything, I'd listen to her before anyone on any cable news channel, let alone the POTUS.

As this is at BowlTV, it may require your USBC login to get to the podcast, but the podcast is free.

https://bit.ly/2UAmXxg

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« Reply #164 on: April 01, 2020, 12:57:43 PM »
Amen bradl. Well said.

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« Reply #165 on: April 01, 2020, 01:13:48 PM »

To put the "COVID is a hoax", political bollocks to bed, instead of trying to post armchair facts and data and claim that we should be listening to one person and not everyone else, let's rather get that info from someone on the front lines that we can definitely trust.

Everyone seems to forget that Erin McCarthy has a day job, and that is being a nurse at two different hospitals here in Omaha: the University of Nebraska Medical Center (the same one that took in the first COVID patients as well as the first Ebola patients) and Methodist Hospital. She took the time off to talk to Emil Williams and Aaron Smith about it and quite bluntly what everyone needs to be doing as she's putting her life on the line out there with this. If anything, I'd listen to her before anyone on any cable news channel, let alone the POTUS.

As this is at BowlTV, it may require your USBC login to get to the podcast, but the podcast is free.

https://bit.ly/2UAmXxg

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When I heard this weeks ago, it was a conversation I had with someone that knows Erin that said this is/was very serious. But like you said, there were a lot of arm-chair quarterbacks scoffing at it. Yet, here we are.

I saw it early, but in a different way. I underwrite commercial insurance and the amount of businesses trying to increase Business Income coverage WELL before this thing got out was staggering.
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