The Core by USBC

[NewToBowling]

Hey, let's all join the Core
http://bowl.com/TheCore/Info/

For only $130/year you get

A Padfolio journal
8GB thumb drive
Bag tag
Bowling towel
A collectible coin featuring a bowling great
The 2016-2017 USBC rule book

No wonder they are in trouble

[Amyers]

Good grief I seen they were supposed to have a "major" announcement today and this turd ball is what we get.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

Does the thumb drive come pre loaded with the secret to strikes?

[fordman1]

Go to their web site and look at all the stuff about league bowling, oh wait there isn't anything. You have to search to find the rule book. Team USA, Yes. PBA, Yes. Charities, Yes. Plenty of pictures, Yes.
ALL LEAGUE BOWLERS DO IS PAY FOR ALL THE SALARIES, TEAM USA, PBA TOURNAMENTS AND THE SNUBBY WEB SITE.

[ep1977]

What a joke this core is! They have the balls to say this is what the people want too. What bowlers want is to get something for there money from the USBC! I know a bunch of leagues in the last 2 seasons alone that have voted to not be sanctioned.

[Mike White]

Go to their web site and look at all the stuff about league bowling, oh wait there isn't anything. You have to search to find the rule book. Team USA, Yes. PBA, Yes. Charities, Yes. Plenty of pictures, Yes.
ALL LEAGUE BOWLERS DO IS PAY FOR ALL THE SALARIES, TEAM USA, PBA TOURNAMENTS AND THE SNUBBY WEB SITE.

I said a while back, league bowlers should take their USBC cards and toss them in the Boston Harbor.

You have taxation without representation.

[mc_runner]

Yeesh. It's so bad it's almost an insult.

[manke]

The usbc is a joke now a days who doesn't want another patch.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

I'm TNBA sanction and bowl a TNBA league. You receive awards once a year (as opposed to lifetime) and the sanction fee is within $1.

[panbanger]

This is just weird.

[panbanger]

Ok, time for ideas for their future!

USBC presents "The Coverstock"
For $300 a year you get a pair of socks, an "I love bowling" headband, a pencil sharpener, and a PBA bowler will "like" your Facebook posts twice a month.

USBC presents "The Sweeper"
For a one time payment of $500 you will receive an 8x10 photo of a PBA bower standing next to a Lite-Brite with your name on it.

[ep1977]

There are probably as many or more non sanctioned leagues around here as there are sanctioned leagues. This is a new phenomenon in the last few years as people started to smarten up and say what do we get for being sanctioned?

[Amyers]

If there actually was a focus group of bowlers who came up with this I'd love to meet them. Then beat the crap out of them for being idiots.

I can see how this went now.

Focus group. We need to work with proprietors to develop lane patters to return integrity to the game.

USBC. That's hard how about a bag tag.

Focus group. We should find a way to make scoring and coaching more somtware intensive and better stat tracking. Would also make it mobile friendly to interest youth

USBC. That sounds expensive how about a journal.

Focus group. Your getting $10 a month now for nothing how about a small increase and actually do something useful.

USBC. Nah you're suckers we will stick a bunch of stuff we found in a sack at Kmart and sell it to you for $130

[zacks]

Ok, time for ideas for their future!

USBC presents "The Coverstock"
For $300 a year you get a pair of socks, an "I love bowling" headband, a pencil sharpener, and a PBA bowler will "like" your Facebook posts twice a month.

USBC presents "The Sweeper"
For a one time payment of $500 you will receive an 8x10 photo of a PBA bower standing next to a Lite-Brite with your name on it.

How about "The Sandbagger"
A USBC rosin bag and a 10 pin deduction on your book average.

[Mike White]

If there actually was a focus group of bowlers who came up with this I'd love to meet them. Then beat the crap out of them for being idiots.

I can see how this went now.

Focus group. We need to work with proprietors to develop lane patters to return integrity to the game.

USBC. That's hard how about a bag tag.



It was the proprietors that gave you the lane patterns that lack integrity to begin with.

Even if the USBC wanted to bring back integrity, they would have serious opposition in the BPAA, and the ball manufacturers.

[Chamiso]

Nice to see I'm not the only one that doesn't really see the point in this. Besides the hey let's see if we can make money off random cheap stuff. They would probably get more people to buy the subscription if it included the bowling academy for free. The chance to win tickets to watch various tournaments in person doesn't do much for me, since I'd likely not be able to take the time off work nor feel like paying the travel and hotel costs to go watch.

[foreverincamo]

How bad is it that I saw the commercial for all of this, I thought someone was making a joke about selling something on the Home Shopping Network.

[JasonNJ]

I don't understand the point of it and why anyone would spend $129.99 for nothing. I would think if they included a subscription to the USBC Academy videos and maybe voucher for 2 free lessons from a USBC certified coach then it may be worth it. Or even setup an exclusive video analysis forum where folks could upload their videos for analysis by USBC coaches then it would have some value.

[Amyers]

I usually try to be a proponent of the USBC but stuff like this makes it hard.

[bowl1820]

Hey, let's all join the Core
http://bowl.com/TheCore/Info/

For only $130/year you get

A Padfolio journal
8GB thumb drive
Bag tag
Bowling towel
A collectible coin featuring a bowling great
The 2016-2017 USBC rule book

No wonder they are in trouble

You left off the Core Perpetual Plaque!

"Once you enter your accomplishments from the 2015-2016 season, you will receive The Core Perpetual Plaque, which will recognize your high average, high game, high series information over a five-year period."

The Core is basically a booster club.

It would be like when join a local sports team booster club.

You pay a membership fee, they give you a hat or towel and some pompoms and few stickers that says your a booster and maybe get 25% off your game ticket or the snack bar.

A $130 is a bit steep, $29.99 maybe if the coin looked really good and it was a bigger flashdrive.

[Amyers]

You left off the Core Perpetual Plaque!

"Once you enter your accomplishments from the 2015-2016 season, you will receive The Core Perpetual Plaque, which will recognize your high average, high game, high series information over a five-year period."

The Core is basically a booster club.

It would be like when join a local sports team booster club.

You pay a membership fee, they give you a hat or towel and some pompoms and few stickers that says your a booster and maybe get 25% off your game ticket or the snack bar.

A $130 is a bit steep, $29.99 maybe if the coin looked really good and it was a bigger flashdrive.

That's where reality meets the road. There is just no way that this is a $129 value. $30 I might buy it for the plaque.

[got_a_300]

It would maybe be worth it if they also included a 1 year subscription to
XTRA FRAME and a 1 year subscription to bowl university in the price and
maybe 40-50% off the price of a new bowling ball of your choice.

[foreverincamo]

It has to be $130! These guys have houses to pay for, kids to put thru college, etc

[Mike White]

It has to be $130! These guys have houses to pay for, kids to put thru college, etc

Tell them to get a job with a company that makes a product or service worth it's price.