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another300

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Non sanctioned leagues
« on: January 31, 2008, 03:27:54 AM »
Who all bowls or has bowled in non sanctioned leagues?  How were the lane conditions from week to week?

The reason I ask is because if "WE" all banned together and chose not to play in sanctioned leagues, this would leave the lane conditions up the the discretion of the house.  Do you think things would get better?  Stay the same or get worse if we took USBC out of the equation?
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Az-Revs

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2008, 09:54:08 AM »
The usbc sanctioning is worth it just on the bonding issue alone..
A couple of years ago i was bowling on five leagues and the came secretary
for three of them took off with the prize fund, bonding saved me more than
$1000.00 + , was probably worth more than i will ever pay in sanctioning fee's
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notsohotshot

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2008, 11:21:55 AM »
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Edited on 2/4/2008 12:29 PM
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JoeBowler

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2008, 01:00:05 PM »
I dont no why they ever started giving awardsin the first place.

Its a sanctioning body not for a youth soccer league where everyone should get a ribbon.

Make the rules, enspect the lanes, run a few tournaments. Lower the fee to 10 dolla and do away with the awards
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BrianCRX90

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2008, 08:29:33 PM »
Non Sanctioned Leagues are a disease in this country. There used to be one next to my league. A loud, drunk, no regard for rules league. Luckily, they moved to another night.
I couldn't live with myself bowling in a league like that. What's the point?
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another300

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2008, 12:05:41 PM »
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Non Sanctioned Leagues are a disease in this country. There used to be one next to my league. A loud, drunk, no regard for rules league. Luckily, they moved to another night.
I couldn't live with myself bowling in a league like that. What's the point?


How is a loud drunk a problem with non sanctioned leagues?  That would be the problem of the house.
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NicholasE

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2008, 12:44:49 PM »
I bowled my first league in one that was not sanctioned and it sucked compared to other leagues cause you get let overs for lane conditions from the league ahead of you, so you're fighting the dry at my house. As far as the drinking, it dont' matter what league you're in they drink at our place, but hey when the team we are going against is all sh*tfaced we got us an easy win! lol
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spmcgivern

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Re: Non sanctioned leagues
« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2008, 02:15:20 PM »
I agree with many that the USBC has been less than stellar in its performance so far.  But if you want to bowl in a non-sanctioned league, go ahead.  But if you want some level of competition, you will have to bowl sanctioned leagues.  I am sure there are many instances where people have had good and bad experiences with both, but you will not be able to compete at any level above a normal league level without at least one sanctioned league, then you are hooked.  

If it is the awards that p1ss you off, then suggesting something on this forum won't go very far.  Personally, I would treat awards like a ski-ball machine, the better you do, the more tickets you get.  Bowl a 300, then you get "x" amount of points towards a catalog of bowling "prizes".  Save up an entire lifetime and get something good, or exchange often and get a bunch of plastic rings with spiders on them.  You would be able to win points for 100 pins over average, league championships, doing well in local/state/national tournaments and whatever else you can think of.  This would encourage people to possibly bowl more than one league a year, and you wouldn't be giving out 50,000 300 rings a year.

On second thought, if you want a 300/299/298/800/900 ring specifically, then maybe you can get one per lifetime or year or whatever.  But for all the worthless little awards, I think a point system may have some merit.
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