We did 36 weeks last season in both my Tuessday and Wednesday league. Follow that with a 12-week summer league, and that's 48 weeks out of the year. That only left 4 weeks for all holidays, league meetings, awards, and breaks. If awards and league meetings are on the same night, there's still only 2 weeks left for holidays. Sometimes you can avoid taking time off, the Tuesday league might not take a week off for Thanksgiving, or if Christmas and New Years are on weekends, the Wednesday night league might only take off the week in the middle.
But that leaves no time for breaks. This year, we voted on a 32-week season to give us an extra break. It hasn't really dragged on too badly, though it does make our last place standing on Tuesday seem to last forever.
I did 30 weeks the first year I bowled here, and that seemed too short. Maybe because I didn't bowl the summer and it seemed like a really long break.
SH