Why curling and not bowling

[fordman1]

Has anyone ever curled?
Have you ever wanted to curled?
Ever been in a curling alley-center?
Ever seen one?
Why is this an Olympic sport yet bowling isn't?

[J Anderson]

Has anyone ever curled?
Have you ever wanted to curled?
Ever been in a curling alley-center?
Ever seen one?
Why is this an Olympic sport yet bowling isn't?

No.
No.
No.
Yes, I’ve driven by Wonderland of Ice, which is the local Ice rink. It has a curling club/league.
If curling is a bone fide Olympic sport, then shuffle board, billiards, and poker should be in as well.

For bowling to make the Olympics, you would have to limit competitors to using the same equipment. No reactive resin sanded to 500 grit to burn an area of the lane during practice. In other words, not in this lifetime.

[bdpeters]

No No No and No but apparently some feel they need performance enhancing drugs to be competitive

[chip82901]

The big reason that bowling is not in the Olympics is due to our great sanctioning body, USBC. When bowling went under consideration to be added a few years ago, the olympic committee looked at the biggest sanctioning body in the world for the sport, and deemed that there were too many red flags. Which, if you knew how much money we paid for things, you'd be surprised. The biggest thing that caught me off guard, was that we, the bowlers, do not OWN the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. We do however, pay $1mil rent for it a year, whether we use it or not. Did you know that Chad Murphy, our lovely director that keeps raising our rates and taking away awards...we pay him over $400K a year to do that! This...this is why bowling is not in the Olympics.