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[Tampabaybob]

In over 40 years of bowling leagues i guess I've been fortunate to never have run into a league like that. My take on this scenario is this; when you sign up to bowl on a "team" you're making a commitment to be there and pay every week. Many new bowlers don't understand that the leagues have to sign a contract at the beginning of the year "guaranteeing" the bowling center that money in lineage fees each week. It has to be paid. With that said, if I have a guy thats out, I can opt to take a blind score, and the regular bowler has to pay the full amount the next week, or I can get a sub that may have a better chance of winning points than a blind. The regular bowler "should" still have to pay the full amount. That sub is doing you a favor by bowling in the absence of the other player, enabling your team a better chance of winning points. And the regular bowler gets the prize fund money split at the end of the year...not the sub. Just my take on the subject, that doesn't mean every league will operate that way.

[J Anderson]

In over 40 years of bowling leagues i guess I've been fortunate to never have run into a league like that. My take on this scenario is this; when you sign up to bowl on a "team" you're making a commitment to be there and pay every week. Many new bowlers don't understand that the leagues have to sign a contract at the beginning of the year "guaranteeing" the bowling center that money in lineage fees each week. It has to be paid. With that said, if I have a guy thats out, I can opt to take a blind score, and the regular bowler has to pay the full amount the next week, or I can get a sub that may have a better chance of winning points than a blind. The regular bowler "should" still have to pay the full amount. That sub is doing you a favor by bowling in the absence of the other player, enabling your team a better chance of winning points. And the regular bowler gets the prize fund money split at the end of the year...not the sub. Just my take on the subject, that doesn't mean every league will operate that way.

Most of my early bowling experience was in a league where almost every team had at least one sub on the roster. It was and still is not a money league. The sub would pay in full, and would be invited to the banquet at the end of the season and would get any team award trophies as if he had bowled a full season and not just filled in from time to time. If you didn't have a sub and an extra bowler from another team wanted to bowl as a pacer, it was up to the team to decide. Usually our team would let them pay the lineage and the absent bowler would make up the difference.

I'm in an interesting situation this season, I was asked to sub in a non-sanctioned league for some one who would be out for 6 weeks. For those six weeks I was treated as a team member and paid the full amount, and will receive a pro-rated share of that teams winnings at the end of the season. However now I'm back as a floating sub and bowling for free.

[Tampabaybob]

Most of my early bowling experience was in a league where almost every team had at least one sub on the roster. It was and still is not a money league. The sub would pay in full, and would be invited to the banquet at the end of the season and would get any team award trophies as if he had bowled a full season and not just filled in from time to time. If you didn't have a sub and an extra bowler from another team wanted to bowl as a pacer, it was up to the team to decide. Usually our team would let them pay the lineage and the absent bowler would make up the difference.

I'm in an interesting situation this season, I was asked to sub in a non-sanctioned league for some one who would be out for 6 weeks. For those six weeks I was treated as a team member and paid the full amount, and will receive a pro-rated share of that teams winnings at the end of the season. However now I'm back as a floating sub and bowling for free.

Wow...trophies and banquets ? That sound like 60's and 70's stuff. Our league has a prize fund of just under $60,000.00 and it all goes back to the bowlers. No trophies or banquets any more it seems to be a thing of the past around here.

Subbing for someone that is out for that long I can see why they may have asked you to pay, but the fact that they are giving you a share of the winnings is good. i wouldn't do it unless those were the conditions, too.