I vaguely recall seeing that the USBC has something to say about No-Tap leagues and tournaments. I would assume those leagues and tournaments would have to submit the same things that regular leagues submit. They probably certify with USBC for the same reasons that regular leagues certify.
I’ve had a lot of experience in both USBC leagues and unaffiliated leagues. The league I started out with used to switch back and forth between paying dues to the ABC/USBC and being un affiliated. Almost all leagues owe their rule structure to the USBC and its predecessors, since even the unaffiliated leagues are run by bowlers who know the USBC rules. Personally I have an ethical problem with a group that says we don’t want to pay USBC dues but we want to use their rule book and refer specifically to it in our by-laws. Ideally for a non certified league, two or three bowlers would get together and propose a set of rules that would be voted on by the league membership. The rules would be distributed at least to all the team captains at the start of each season. Otherwise it does tend to become what ever the league secretary wants to do on a given day.
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