League rules has 10 pin drop. 3 man team. Team uses absent player with most games played which is correct procedure for absentee. Absent bowler has 199 entering average, 10 pin drop brings average down to 189 but real average of that player is 181. Other team places his score on recap sheet as 171 for 10 pins off his real average of 181.
    Now, league secy post scores for absent bowler at 179 for 10 pins off his DROP average. Bowl.com rules state absentee score should be off players CURRENT average. Instead of a tie, we now loss game.
    What should be the absentee score for this player with a 10 pin drop? 171 or 179.?

Recap sheet has 171 but the teams fill out a blank recap. It is not pre-printed. Absentee's posted avg is 189 only because of the 10 pin drop. Otherwise he is bowling at a 181 pace.

None of the leagues I'm in have as many posted avgs as you have. Maybe I'm stupid, but I don't understand your "ave/book avg/base avg"...just doesn't ring any bells with me. We have one avg, not 3 so I guess I do not understand why your league has 3, which one you'd use with a blind, that would have to be in your league rules, sure not a part of USBC, not that I can find, anyway, sorry.
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It depends on what your league rules state.  We have a league that you use book as base for handicap for the first 9 games.  

If the bowler is absent before completing the 9 games, then the absent score is book minus 10 with hdcp based on book.  

If it is after the 9 games have been bowled, then it is sheet minus 10 with hdcp based on sheet average.
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Joe, I only bowled one league with a 10 pin drop rule and the way it was used was for entering average team caps only.  For example, I had booked 188 one year, the next year I booked 167.  Since my average had gone more than 10 pins down, I was brought in at a 178.  It had nothing to do with anythig except determining if we fit under the cap.

I have never bowled in a league that used the 10 pin drop in any other way.  It seems to present interesting questions.

USBC Rule 105e An absentee score is to be used when a member is absent and a substitute is not available.  The following provisions apply unless otherwise provided by a league rule:

1.  The absentee score for each game shall be the absent member's current average less 10 pins.  In handicap leagues, the handicap shall be based on the absent member's current average.

I'm glad we don't have to deal with the situation  Good luck!

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Thanks to everyone that responded. I feel bowlin fool has it correctly. 10 pin drop is for the sandbaggers and the 10 pin drop off the 189 avg would actually only give him a 2 pin drop off his real avg for be absent.  Bowlin fool is no fool when it comes to rules.