kev3inp
12-06-2009, 03:26 PM
A few week's ago we bowled a team who brought in a sub for their worst male bowler. The sub has a book average of 206. Two of their bowlers bowled way over their average in the first two games, and his high for those two was 175. I overheard them saying during the middle of the second game that all they had to do was beat us scratch and with his handicap they'd clean up. His third game he rolls a 101. Their captain thought that since he hadn't bowled in the league before he'd establish on the first night. He averaged 142, and we squeaked a win out of the third game.
It turns out that he was supposed to be using his book average, as that's what the league rules said, not what their captain thought. The next week another team brought in a sub and rated him at book and I asked about it and found out what the rules said. You can imagine the scene. A captain's meeting was held the next week and it turns out the secretary (who is the center) has been doing the average establishment wrong from the first week, but since it would be "too much trouble" for them to correct 11 weeks of mistakes so they're going to disregard the rules. This costs us 5 wins, so the 7 to 2 loss stands, that should have been a 7 to 2 victory.
Our "captain" says that it doesn't matter if we win or lose, or how we bowl, she doesn't care if we come in first or last. So I decide that if it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter and just roll the ball however. She beats her 134 average and I come in 30 under mine, but I'm not bothered because it doesn't matter. She gets pissed and throws a tantrum, says I'm being childish, and she packs up her stuff and leaves with two games still to bowl.
My contention is that she's now in violation of rule 114a, so we'll see if that rule will be followed. Needless to say, when this league finishes in January we will not be returning to this center. I don't mind losing honestly, but I have a real problem with bagging. If it means so much to these buttwipes to do it, I don't want to have anything further to do with them or the house that condones it.
It turns out that he was supposed to be using his book average, as that's what the league rules said, not what their captain thought. The next week another team brought in a sub and rated him at book and I asked about it and found out what the rules said. You can imagine the scene. A captain's meeting was held the next week and it turns out the secretary (who is the center) has been doing the average establishment wrong from the first week, but since it would be "too much trouble" for them to correct 11 weeks of mistakes so they're going to disregard the rules. This costs us 5 wins, so the 7 to 2 loss stands, that should have been a 7 to 2 victory.
Our "captain" says that it doesn't matter if we win or lose, or how we bowl, she doesn't care if we come in first or last. So I decide that if it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter and just roll the ball however. She beats her 134 average and I come in 30 under mine, but I'm not bothered because it doesn't matter. She gets pissed and throws a tantrum, says I'm being childish, and she packs up her stuff and leaves with two games still to bowl.
My contention is that she's now in violation of rule 114a, so we'll see if that rule will be followed. Needless to say, when this league finishes in January we will not be returning to this center. I don't mind losing honestly, but I have a real problem with bagging. If it means so much to these buttwipes to do it, I don't want to have anything further to do with them or the house that condones it.