Author Topic: PBA...Wheres other bowlers ? (Read 2237 times)

302efi · « **on:** May 07, 2008, 12:58:47 AM »

On the PBA tour, you have 60+ players that pretty much bowler every week of the season, but yet all you hear is the same ten players being talked about, mentioned in papers or in the "spotlight".

Why is this ?

Look at the summer doubles they did on TV last season. Same guys you hear about week in and week out.

When will the "other" PBA tour players be known of ??!

I think thats some of the reason that the tour is dropping off, you see and hear about the same 10 guys all the time.
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BigKevyD1 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 08, 2008, 09:56:02 PM »

thats not why chris collins dropped his PBA card.

fins4ever88 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 08, 2008, 10:05:25 PM »

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People don't want to see nobodies on TV.

So you just insulted all the other players that never made a show and people have not seen.

Good job !

I think that exactly the mentailty we need to get AWAY from !
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I will head to my local pro shop. Right after I buy it online.

Sport Bowling is a F**king joke

There's a reason these 10 or so bowlers are always talked about and marketed. Because they are better than the rest on the tour. I'm not saying the others are not good bowlers, they have to be to be where they are, but they are not on the same level.

It's like in baseball. If you are trying to market your sport, why would you choose to market a career minor leaguer, as opposed to a perennial all-star? Why should you get airtime when you haven't made it to the big time?
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mumzie · « **Reply #18 on:** May 09, 2008, 12:21:14 AM »

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Hey, if the prize money is so low and the expenses so high, there are only 10 or so bowlers who are going to stick with the tour anyway. Look at the bowler from North Carolina Chris Collins who won a PBA National Event, and then dropped his card...no money.

Yeah. Chris Collins did NOT drop his PBA card because of $$. <sarcsm on>There have been numerous threads that mention the sterling character and amazing role model that is Mr. Collins. <sarcasm off>
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AdrianS · « **Reply #19 on:** May 09, 2008, 04:35:26 AM »

Isn't Collins bowling tour trials?
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janderson · « **Reply #20 on:** May 13, 2008, 10:44:34 AM »

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I think thats some of the reason that the tour is dropping off, you see and hear about the same 10 guys all the time.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson that's what I hear "all the time" and that's only 2 guys. Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, each in their respective era (and I'm not a basketball fan in any sense) and that's only 1 guy in each era.

It would help - not hurt - bowling to have a household name from the sport today. You're not going to get that talking about different bowlers every week, especially when most bowlers never make a show.

Sure, I like hearing about everyone out there competing, but the general public could not care less.
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Edited on 5/13/2008 10:45 AM

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