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Originally Posted by pgustavson

Thanks

Well, this story gets better as each day passes. I got a response from the rules USBC Rules Committee that states that although they would prefer all lanes in a single session be dressed similarly, it is not required; and it is not a rules violation if it happens. Therefore, they hold that the differing lanes conditions are not grounds to void matches and re-bowl. I informed the league officers and the local association of my findings, and I told them I was prepared to file an appeal with USBC if the league did not reconsider the ruling. Needless to say, I filed the appeal this afternoon. So here's the really f-up part. Tonight, a number of teams, including mine, were scheduled to re-bowl MATCHES. A MATCH is a team vs team on the same pair of lanes. Two teams re-bowled their "match" on two separate pairs of lanes - at the same time. And...wait for it...a member of one of the teams is the League President.

Unfortunately, the ever present pessimist in me believes that the USBC will probably bounce my appeal back to the league to decide since everyone has now re-bowled. If they do, I'll just drop it despite the fact that there now exist actual grounds for protesting as teams bowled unopposed when they could/should have bowled together. Of course, I pissed-off my opponents when I warned them about fixing an erroneous score w/o checking with me first (also a protest-able offense...)

Incidentally, I sucked the big one again and didn't even shoot 500. I've been pretty solid the last couple of weeks with some decent 600 series, but tonight I just couldn't focus and keep up with the shot changes. We split 2-2 tonight, so I'm hoping that the re-bowl is declared null and void to get our point back. Can hardly wait for the shit-storm if that happens.

Thats crap dude, Im sorry. I hope the USBC pulls its weight and does the right thing and over rules the league. Dont feel bad about the 500. Lol! My average coming into this year is 214, and I shot 483 the first week. I actually jammed my finger because I was trying so hard to get the ball to move! Then last week it wasnt fully healed so I just gimped it down the lane. I think I shot around 540. Still incredibly weak. Waking up tomorrow and heading to the proshop to get a ball. Hoping tomorrow night I can redeem myself! Haha! Let us know what comes of all this chaos!