Recent content by jeff.clark

Bill, You make very good points and I agree it's a crying shame. However, there must be a reason why and we can all only speculate as to what that reason is. My thought is, since we can't get sport editor's to reply to this I can only assume it's not the sport that's the problem, it's the...

Well, I'm not a sports editor but I would guess that most sport editors report what the majority of people are wanting to read or watch. These people are driven by demand and the sad truth is, there are fewer people in the masses that care about bowling in any aspect, reading or watching. The...

WAMO MATLOCK said: DOESNT BEING A PROFESSIONAL MEAN BEING ABLE TO ADJUST WITHOUT HAVING THE INFORMATION? JUST ASKING. The ability to adjust is always required of all top level bowlers, no matter what the pattern is. Adjusting is always required after the first game, either from moving pairs...

Well, I do know when I bowled a few PBA National stops in 85 and 86... Lane patterns were being posted in the paddock, so at least the National tour has been doing it for the last 28 years that I know of personally and I'm sure they were doing it before 1985....

I wil be there...

Lane condition patterns should be announced. This gives everyone an even playing field ahead of tournament date. These patterns only give an idea of what your ball reaction should be but as everyone knows lanes surfaces are different and will cause the same pattern to react somewhat differently...