I guess I don't see the reason for being upset, other than it's "another thing USBC takes away from us".
This is the same group of bitchers and moaners that thought it was a great idea to take away summer sanctioning into the next season, and make everyone's sanction reset on 8-1 regardless of when you did it. I would love to know how much money it cost USBC nationally and local associations when you told people that they would have to drop 16-18-20 bucks to sanction for summer, and then another time for the fall league.
Then again, IIRC, USBC said something about this a couple years ago, and suggested that sanctioning fees go up $1 for 2 straight years, only to have delegates vote it down. So now since they are limiting it, it's USBC dropping the ball here?
Whatever. If I never get another ring I won't lose sleep over it. I'd rather have money going into things like actually making bowling a sport again, instead of a hobby you have as you drink beer in the evening. I'd rather have that scratch improve high school bowling, as well as going towards keeping entry level bowlers of all ages into the game, instead of not getting better and quitting. To have something where the guys who quit because they couldn't afford drilling 4-6 new balls every July and fall behind others who can. Bring back the guy who quit because he got tired of busting his ass to average 230, only to be smashed in tourneys by guys who "averaged" 200 in league, only to find their magical 8 bagger shoes in every tourney.
If doing all that means we don't get jewelry that, in all honesty, stays in a box or a plaque or a clear plastic piece, then damn, feel free to do that.