Author Topic: NBA Players Better Than PBA Bowlers LOL (Read 4292 times)

Necromancer · « **on:** October 19, 2008, 04:05:53 AM »

Let's face it, it doesn't matter if they can't hook like the PBA bowlers, but strikes are strikes. This could really make bowling look a lot disrespected than ever. If an NBA pro can bowl 180+, then I will LOL.

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Nails · « **Reply #46 on:** October 21, 2008, 11:39:19 AM »

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I'm talking about the major tournaments on both the WSOP and the WPT. Most WSOP tournaments are not 10% payout. That is ridiculous. I know for a fact that... the main event payout is very low %-wise. You have 6000 people lose their $10,000 buy-in out of around 6500 which equates to a $60,000,000 loss to the ~93%+ that don't get anything.

You can't talk about your "point" after making such a bold statement.
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Necromancer · « **Reply #47 on:** October 21, 2008, 12:02:04 PM »

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I'm talking about the major tournaments on both the WSOP and the WPT. Most WSOP tournaments are not 10% payout. That is ridiculous. I know for a fact that... the main event payout is very low %-wise. You have 6000 people lose their $10,000 buy-in out of around 6500 which equates to a $60,000,000 loss to the ~93%+ that don't get anything.

You can't talk about your "point" after making such a bold statement.
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Telling it like it is.

It's only bold because you made it bold LOL.

j/k

Anyways, I didn't know we were in People's Court. So I said the word 'fact' and it wasn't exactly right... oooooohhhhhh scary!!!

JEsuS CHRIST, didn't know we couldn't grasp the overall situation of the PBA but get sidetracked over a statement !

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KennyRambo · « **Reply #48 on:** October 21, 2008, 04:50:25 PM »

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Pro Billiards pays one spot, the winner take all in a lot of tournaments. It does not stop people from entering a pool tournament. I think any pro that won a tournament in the reactive resin era, regional or national, should be able to bowl. So if the field were 400 bowlers every week paying $500 to get in, that is $200,000 of prize fund supported by the PBA members, plus 200,000 from sponsors, that is $400,000 prize fund. First place could be $100,000 every week.

It can be done if the field were bigger. 64 is way too small. If the average PBA member in the top 100 all made $100,000 or more per year, not including endorsements, a lot more guys would be PBA members. If they had 30 tournaments a year instead of 20-22, believe me they would fill the spots. Run the tour September through April like a league season.

I like this.

Walking E · « **Reply #49 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:47:35 PM »

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... Speaking of whining, the bowling ball commercials with the guy saying that everyone else bowling good was cheating was very funny. Satire at it's best!

MrMustang300

Those were funny, and it made me think of all those suckers on this site who jumped all over the multiple Dale Jenkins threads. LOL - the joke is on everyone who got bent out of shape about his rants.

Oh, and while I agree that they could've made the lanes easier for the pros, I think a lot of bowlers discount the straight shot as a viable shot. When the lanes are totally crappy or I'm playing a reverse block, I find the best shot for me is rockets at the head pin, and it can work pretty well. I've bowled in some houses (the late Java Lanes in Long Beach, CA comes to mind) where the best carry came from shots that entered straight into the head pin area, either right on the nose or light enough to get the wall shot. Seriously, shots like that carried great, but hooking shots into the pocket resulted in the entire back row being left in many games. Weird place, but that was the characteristic, and it looks like that was the characteristic of the place the PBA/NBA charity event was held as those high-speed wall shots the NBA guys occasionally threw carried pretty much every time.
Sure, the NBA guys didn't know that playing it straight was a good option on that day, but the point I'm making is that so-called bowling experts don't necessarily have open minds about what can score and what can't. As another example, there are probably lots of bowlers nowadays who think you always score better with reactive or particle equipment, but there are plenty of times when urethane is the better option. Even the pros should be more open-minded about using urethane, especially when the lanes are super dry and squirrely, but this kind of "bowling elitist" mentality prevents people from going back to basics.
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Slumpbuster · « **Reply #50 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:38:47 PM »

Can someone tell me why Billy O. wasn't chosen to be the hammer rep instead of Doug Kent?? He would of seemed much more in his element than Kent did. Also, his momma would of been there and added even more excitement to the event.
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KennyRambo · « **Reply #51 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:49:00 PM »

That's a good question.

Kid Jete · « **Reply #52 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:58:56 PM »

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PBA: ~50% cash
Poker: Top 3% cash

Not that it matters but poker isn't 3% lol. The majority of the time big tournies are on a 10% payout.

I'm talking about the major tournaments on both the WSOP and the WPT. Most WSOP tournaments are not 10% payout. That is ridiculous. I know for a fact that the main event payout is very low %-wise. You have 6000 people lose their $10,000 buy-in out of around 6500 which equates to a $60,000,000 loss to the ~93%+ that don't get anything.

The WPT is sometimes even worse.

Anyways, the guy above you about the pool/billiards payout is the way to go IMO. This 'pay-everyone-because-they-deserve-it-because-they-won-a-tournament-last-year' BS is just that - BS! Imagine if they implemented that system in other aspects of life.

"Hey Necromancer, I know you did very well last year at work, that engineering report you completed was just great. You know what? You are exempt next year. Even if you f*** up everything in the office and screw up every calculation, you will still get paid!!! Wow what a system we have huh Necromancer? heehhehehe"

^ That is the PBA right now. And what is this idea that they deserve to be there because they won some other week? Aren't we supposed to reward those that are the best this week?

hmmm....
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How is that ridiculous? You don't know how poker works then. I have never seen ANY tourny pay less than around 10% of the field. In the main event the top 666 of 6,844 cashed which is pretty easy to figure out that was just a tad under 10% of the field. And the WPT is normally MUCH higher than this. Did you even take a minute to do some research before you just made up some numbers?

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