BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Baboon on March 26, 2009, 07:08:20 AM
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What does a regional sponsorship from a ball company consist of? Free equipment? Entry fee assistance?
I noticed that some of the companies (namely Track) have a LOT of sponsored staff. Many members of their staff (through quick Google/Bowl.com searches) don't seem like very accomplished bowlers.
Baboon
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Most of them run/own pro shops. As a ball rep I'd want people throwing my equipment that have the most opportunity to put bowling balls in people's hands.
I was on staff with Storm from 2004 to 2005, during that time I bowled regionals, but was marginally successful at best. The reason I was on staff is because I was running a $150,000/yr pro shop and about 1/2 of my sales were Storm products.
As far as a regional contracts they usually consist of a couple of each new release, and a certain amount of addtl stuff during the year. I don't know of regional staff contracts helping with entry fees or travel.....even the national guys don't get paid with a few exceptions.
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