Right. I see the point of it. It just makes it ripe for "issues".
I thought that my entering with a < 199 that I'd be in a different division than the 200+ bowlers...but I guess they only do that at the National tournaments. And I'm not sure if the 200 is the "book" book average...or if it's the re-rated average. I just have a feeling that every event there's gonna be a guy that averages 215 and is getting an extra 10 pins of handicap...meaning I essentially have to not just bowl above my average...and not just bowl above my inflated current average...but I gotta bowl better than I pretty much ever have...ever.
That's funny. But the fatal flaw is...even the mice that get the cheese once...are still gonna be hungry if they don't win every time. So lets say you won that tournament...then don't cash a few times...now you're back to getting bonus pins.
I'm trying not to be racist or generalize...it's just that some people (regardless of race) seem to think that if there's a way to cheat...then it's not really stealing. I used to argue this ALL THE TIME when I played paintball. One of the biggest problem with paintball is people can modify the equipment to shot "hot"; which is shoot at a higher feet per second than the limits of the rules. The other big problem is "wiping"...where a person gets hit and wipes it off before being called out. Most people despise this behavior....but there are some that believe "if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying."
And we see the same thing in bowling with sandbagging. People just feel that the rules don't apply to them and have no regard for other people...no sense of fair play...and it's just infuriating.
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