AMF Pins over average National Tournament

[J Anderson]

Fair? Anyone could have put in hard work and practice to be the best they can be. It's unfair to penalize someone who did it the fair way. Like I say, I understand why the rule is in place, it's to stop the sand baggers. If there is no evidence of sandbagging, then it shouldn't be re-rated. As I mentioned before, if someone averaged 230 in 2010-2011, then 205 for 2011-2012, and now back to 230 this season, then obviously that person sand bagged that year. It's pretty easy to tell by looking at peoples book average to see if they are sandbagging.

It is possible that some one's average could drop significantly due to an injury that causes them to alter their technique or some mental stress that keeps them from focusing well. I would think that a true sandbagger would not let his average drop for one season and then go back up. They might for one season bowl to the best of their ability for some bragging rights or whatever, but then will keep it down until a tournament of league playoffs.

[JaMau24]

It is possible that some one's average could drop significantly due to an injury that causes them to alter their technique or some mental stress that keeps them from focusing well. I would think that a true sandbagger would not let his average drop for one season and then go back up. They might for one season bowl to the best of their ability for some bragging rights or whatever, but then will keep it down until a tournament of league playoffs.

Yeah, I was thinking of that as I was typing... That would sort of be a grey area. If it were me, I wouldn't see how there would be anyway to prove an injury or technique change, and if they had shown the ability prior to the 2011-2012 season to average 220's-230's and they are again averaging that this year, then I think they would have to be re-rated.

For someone who's never shown or had the ability to bowl that well (avg 220-230), and now they can, I don't think they should be re-rated. I'm surely not the only one who's vastly improved their game over a years time, and they shouldn't be re-rated either.