Author Topic: Is an amateur wearing a PBA jersey wrong? (Read 16993 times)

JessN16 · « **on:** March 27, 2008, 01:51:48 PM »

This came up on the Lane #1 forum but I think it needs it's own thread. Apparently, there is something wrong with amateurs wearing PBA gear to bowl. Here's my post from over there:

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This is a perfect example of how the PBA doesn't get it.

You can buy PBA jerseys on PBA.com. Those jerseys are marketed towards fans and amateur bowlers. If they weren't, they wouldn't be for sale in a public section.

So now I'm an amateur with two PBA jerseys in my closet. I can't wear them to work. I don't want to wear them to cut grass; they're too nice for that. So where do I wear them? To bowl, of course!

Oh wait, I can't do that. I'm a *POSER* if I do.

Here's what a couple of you don't get: If I wear a jersey to bowl in league, and people see a little "PBA" logo on my shirt -- where it was sewn at the factory before I even bought the da*n thing -- they might ask me what that means. They might ask me if they can see it on TV sometimes. That might open up the opportunity to market the PBA to someone at no cost to the PBA. Who knows?

I don't claim to be a pro, but at least once a month, I bowl league wearing a bought-it-off-PBA.com PBA jersey. Unlike AK47, I don't have my name on the back. I don't have any extra patches at all; I just have the blank shirt.

You know why? BECAUSE I'M A @#&^&#$ FAN OF THE PBA. I'm the guy that you PBA guys need to have in your corner if you want your tour to survive. Because without me and other amateurs who are also fans, your tour is T-O-A-S-T. That's the way ALL professional sports in this country work.

We're not posing, we're trying to help. We're trying to be fans. No one sees guys playing in a church softball league wearing A-Rod jerseys and thinks they're really MLB baseball players. No one is going to watch me bowl for more than five minutes and think I'm a PBA player, either.

So if it's wrong to own these jerseys, take it up with your own organization. Tell them to quit selling and marketing these things online. If it's such a privilege to own your gear, quit making it available.

Or, you could take a step back and realize that what you call "posing" is what some of us call "paying homage to people better than us."

Jess

mumzie · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2008, 12:47:51 PM »

REquirement for PBA tournaments

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â€¢ You must wear a PBA logo on the lower right sleeve position of your shirt. Other logos may be required and will be provided at the tournament site along with the PBA logo.

https://www.pba.com/faq/faq.asp#c1f28
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aguynamedpat · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2008, 01:00:12 PM »

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The difference is your not wearing your baseball jersey to play in your adult baseball league.

Your wearing your jersey as a regular item of every day clothing, not to compete in a regulated sport with rules that evening.

Bowling league is a competition, and some can be very competitive. If you want to wear your PBA made up shirt. Whatever it's your choice. IMO it's dumb....and I'm allowed to have that opinion.

I have teammates that have worn jerseys like The Detective was talking about (professional team, their own name and number of choice on the back) to my softball games, and not ONCE did it ever cross my mind to call them a "poser." They are being a fan, supporting their favorite team and sport they love to take part in, not trying to pretend they are a professional. Thats not being a "poser," they have a genuine love for their game, maybe you should look into it some time. This is the SECOND thread I have seen you in where you just want to take the love out of the game. A stupid patch does not set a pro apart from an amateur, thats the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. If thats all that we have to distinguish pro's from amateurs, then those guys really work their butts off all to wear a stupid patch. Get real dude.
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Hook · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2008, 01:02:50 PM »

I wear a shirt with this patch on it...
http://img107.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=63141_announcement_122_963lo.jpg
(the one on the right)

Sawuser · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2008, 02:05:55 PM »

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I guess there is nothing sacred anymore, something that people can hold onto as theirs that distinguishes them from the rest of the world.

There was a time when the PBA logo ment something. I guess it's cool that any old house mouse can grab an emblem on Ebay for a few bucks, stick it on their shirt and proudly parade their new shirt around.

It's more important that the public gets what they want when they want it, instead of working hard to earn the right to display an emblem like that in a professional tournament.

Bowling, My averages would have allowed me to be a PBA member since 1964. Big Deal! That would give me the right to wear the patches, but I would still have not considered myself a professional bowler. I know guys that have been MEMBERS for years, but like I said, Professional Bowler!?
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HAMBONE · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2008, 02:12:47 PM »

Posted: 3/28/2008 1:51 PM
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To all of you who are bothered by a guy with patches on his shirt,

WHERE ARE ALL OF YOUR PBA TITLES?

Now will the REAL posers........please stand up.
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joegunn · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2008, 02:36:36 PM »

Does this mean I can't wear my PBA shoes? They're such a precious commodity, they're trying to sell them for 25 bucks...and by the way...they are great shoes that are comparable to Linds. http://www.southwestbowl.com/PBA/5508.jpg
I can't believe I wasted my time not only reading this garbage, but responding to it...

300900...how did you finish this week at the US Open? A 16 year old without a patch missed the top 24 by 1 pin...do you think he carries the 200 average to qualify?

CHawk15 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 28, 2008, 03:05:26 PM »

Shirts with your name on them should be reserved for tournaments, if you wear it to league night, you're a poser.

Timotheus · « **Reply #23 on:** March 28, 2008, 03:12:31 PM »

I agree in some respects that if you're going to wear an "official" patch, you should be a card carrying PBA member, or at the very least make sure you're not pretending to be one if you're not.

On the other hand, if an amateur wants to wear one to spur himself on or let others know what his aspirations are, by all means wear it!

It doesn't really matter to me, and generally those of us that know the game know who the PBA cardholders in our areas and touring pros are.
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Fluff E Bunnie · « **Reply #24 on:** March 28, 2008, 03:26:39 PM »

It's funny because who is the PBA merchandise site supposed to be marketing to? Bowlers right? Ok, if you are a fan of the PBA why can't you wear PBA merchandise while bowling? I am sure the PBA marketing guys would love it if someone told them that if they buy their merchandise they are a poser.

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CHawk15 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 28, 2008, 03:37:10 PM »

I've worn the PBA Tour T-Shirts to league night, but that even rubs some people the wrong way (to #$%* with them). I think that even wearing the PBA jersey to league night is OK. I think these people that wear a shirt with thier name etched on the back and everything like thier bowling a PBA tournament is a little much. And yes, I've seen people do that to a Sunday night fun league.

JessN16 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2008, 05:23:11 PM »

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I guess there is nothing sacred anymore, something that people can hold onto as theirs that distinguishes them from the rest of the world.

A PBA patch was never "sacred" to begin with. This is a sport, not church. I've got a Seattle Seahawks cap with the NFL logo on the back. Doesn't make me a Seahawk. I've got a bowling shirt with a little 0.5 inch x 1 inch PBA logo on it that the PBA sewed onto the shirt and sold it to me through their fan site. Doesn't make me a PBA bowler. Saying I was a member when I'm not would make me a poser. Wearing a shirt does not.

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Bowling league is a competition, and some can be very competitive. If you want to wear your PBA made up shirt. Whatever it's your choice. IMO it's dumb....and I'm allowed to have that opinion.

You're allowed to have whatever opinion you like. You're allowed to be just as wrong and misguided as you want to be in this country, and no one can do a thing about it.

Jess

mumzie · « **Reply #27 on:** March 28, 2008, 05:57:06 PM »

If wearing a sports figure's logo makes you part of that sport, Dale Earnhart has been reincarnated about 15 Gazillion times.
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bass · « **Reply #28 on:** March 28, 2008, 06:20:00 PM »

The reason the patches have sticky backs is so you can switch from name shirt to name shirt.
When I was a member in the 90s and early 2000's we went thru 3 different logos in 3 years.
So if you had your patches sewn on you were basically screwed.
You needed to get a bunch of new shirts each year.

Because the logo's wouldn't cover up the older styles.
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ddown88 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 28, 2008, 06:27:14 PM »

Why if someone is really a pro, would they care if someone wore a patch or name on their shirt. I can't say I pay much attention when I bowl who has on what. Shoot good scores and get respect, shoot bad scores and who cares if you have a picture of Earl Anthony tatood to your forehead. If you truly are good enough to be a Pro then stop worrying about stupid issues such as "I am a PBA member and you are not". Go win something, and wish us pretenders would even know who you are. I am working person trying to pose 1 night a week as a bowler. Who the heck should care what I am wearing. By the way, my name is on every bowling shirt I own (on the back) and I suck. Deal with it.
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tjj300 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2008, 12:00:56 AM »

Jess, I can't believe you're letting some idiot's opinion get to you. There's nothing wrong with wearing PBA gear during bowling.

I don't even understand the argument. Who the heck is out there impersonating PBA members? For what? A PBA card and $2 gets you a seat on a bus. It's not going to get you past the bouncer at a trendy nitespot on a Saturday night. The real world wouldn't know or care who Walter Ray was if you paraded him around on a two-lane float.

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