1. The league would probably watch if they were already there.  I doubt too many people would go out of their way to watch a one game match where a local guy gets creamed by a pro.

2. Almost no one would tune in on TV for such a match.

3. Who the heck is going to put up 15K (+ travel expenses for the pro if he wasn't local) for such a match???

I would watch this.  It sounds like something that the Spike channel would not hesitate to air on a Friday night or something.

It would need to be a 30 minute show.

It could easily be filmed at the home center of the pros during the off season.  Many of the pros bowl on leagues...just film it on their league night.  Different pro each episode, filmed at the pro's home center.  Could get 10+ episodes easy.

The $10K/$5K payout is a little steep, even with advertising and sponsor contributions.  Might have to go $3K/$1K to make the show feasible.  Would still be fun to watch!

Pros vs Joes........

Pros vs Joes........

That was an actual show for a while. Not bowling related though. Usually football, baseball or basketball pros against regular dudes.

It'd be more interesting if they challenged the pros to only throw a certain way (like not their standard form). I can picture Norm duke throwing the towel shot for a game against a league bowler or something like that. Probably wouldn't be too interesting for a pro to go against a 215 avg bowler straight up haha