jason_doust
The Bowling Geek
Well, George and I are on the same page! I'm glad to see that we can't both be wrong all of the time!
Good points all the way through George. I'll bring backup on the point of excitement. Excitement and enthusiasm are infectious. If we are are boring to watch it is our own fault as well as that of the "Nanny State" administrators who seek to ban fun beyond polite dinner table conversation. To bring tournaments to life, we need to look and act alive ourselves. Brenton's comments about automatons rings true to me. TBA, are you listening?
They banned bright pants at the K&K??? SHAME on the thought police! I've a good mind to get some old pairs out of the archives in protest! (Zebra skin or Papal Guard stripes..?) If that's true, then
EVERYBODY IN THE K&K CLASSIC MUST WEAR BRIGHT PANTS!! See if they kick everybody out...
And yes, the national league score cheating program (10-10 blocks everywhere) hasn't helped anything, anywhere, anytime, except to shore up ego's that think their league average actually means something without them having to actually do anything for it. (Look at my big... average!) There were a lot more league bowlers in the 80's and the house I grew up in had exactly no bowlers averaging 200. The score is the score and competition remains regardless. In fact, lower scores generally tighten the competitive ranks.
We had an ACTTBA event recently and I got to play the very edge of the lane. There was a real crowd buzz about it. People just don't get to see that stuff in league, because there's normally not enough oil out there to do that. That part of the lane is usually too dry in tournaments or worse, out of bounds, so Joe League can't see the difference when he comes in and sees all the "good bowlers" with a board or two of where he plays on Tuesday nights.
As my wife said to me at a concert recently "I don't want my pop stars to look like accountants or a wedding party! I want stars to look different to the rest of us." I suspect people want to see what they don't see every week.
That would be an event.
Good points all the way through George. I'll bring backup on the point of excitement. Excitement and enthusiasm are infectious. If we are are boring to watch it is our own fault as well as that of the "Nanny State" administrators who seek to ban fun beyond polite dinner table conversation. To bring tournaments to life, we need to look and act alive ourselves. Brenton's comments about automatons rings true to me. TBA, are you listening?
They banned bright pants at the K&K??? SHAME on the thought police! I've a good mind to get some old pairs out of the archives in protest! (Zebra skin or Papal Guard stripes..?) If that's true, then
EVERYBODY IN THE K&K CLASSIC MUST WEAR BRIGHT PANTS!! See if they kick everybody out...
And yes, the national league score cheating program (10-10 blocks everywhere) hasn't helped anything, anywhere, anytime, except to shore up ego's that think their league average actually means something without them having to actually do anything for it. (Look at my big... average!) There were a lot more league bowlers in the 80's and the house I grew up in had exactly no bowlers averaging 200. The score is the score and competition remains regardless. In fact, lower scores generally tighten the competitive ranks.
We had an ACTTBA event recently and I got to play the very edge of the lane. There was a real crowd buzz about it. People just don't get to see that stuff in league, because there's normally not enough oil out there to do that. That part of the lane is usually too dry in tournaments or worse, out of bounds, so Joe League can't see the difference when he comes in and sees all the "good bowlers" with a board or two of where he plays on Tuesday nights.
As my wife said to me at a concert recently "I don't want my pop stars to look like accountants or a wedding party! I want stars to look different to the rest of us." I suspect people want to see what they don't see every week.
That would be an event.