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Rantings

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Will bowling survive without the merger??
« on: July 02, 2003, 08:50:21 PM »
of the ABC, WIBC, and YABA. And how long will it take to do bowling in? Or is this just a smoke screen by the groups to force the merger. (I've posted on this before but that what the hay let's hear from you.) What is the state of bowling in your area also? going down or maintaining or even on an upswing.
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9andaWiggle

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Re: Will bowling survive without the merger??
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2003, 12:55:17 PM »
Personally, I am for the merger.  I think it could do a lot of good, if done properly, for the game/sport.  However, I don't think not going through with the merger by itself will doom bowling as we know it.  We could keep the organizations separate, as they are, and still survive - but to do this, each organization will have to make changes to ensure (and gain) growth.  Merger or not, the bottom line is the environment for bowling to prosper is changing, and to stay successful, everyone - bowlers included - will have to learn how to adapt to these changes.  Do I have the answers on how to do this? Unfortunately no.  Even if I did, who would listen?

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Re: Will bowling survive without the merger??
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2003, 01:14:18 PM »
Will bowling survive if they don't merge? Yes.

Should they merge? Yes. There is no real reason to have multiple organizations doing essentially the same thing. They should be able to merge, supply the same services as now with less management structure. But to many peoples empires will be lost if it happens and power and money talks.

Will participation increase if they do merge and the the decline in sanctioned membership cease? Probably not. Society has changed and is changing and bowling in a sanctioned environment will continue to decline.

Sanctioned bowling declines here every year. In fact we have had 6 bowling centers close in the last 20 years accounting for 178 lane beds. 2 new centers have been built during this time with 80 lane beds. Second shift leagues are not very common and there are many openings even in the first shift leagues. Open bowling may have increased but not nearly enough to offset the loss of leagues.
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