I don't necessarily disagree - although I haven't seen belongings disappearing. We tend to police ourselves and realize that, really, nothing we have would be worth much to sell. Plugged balls aren't worth much. You steal a purse and you'll have a BUNCH of pissed bowlers chasing you down throwing 14-16 pound projectiles at you.
The non-sanctioned leagues I've bowled in generally were non-sanctioned only because they were kind of anti-establishment. Ask them WHY? and they were. . . meh - IDK - don't want to do all that extra paperwork (which . . . yeah . . . LOL)
Bowlero around here suck. Leagues are leaving them and coming to the few independents which is GOOD. Only problem there is that the independents are getting FULL so, when can I practice??? LOL - good problem to have I guess. But one big reason is that the independents are actually doing the RIGHT things. My center is putting out a consistent pattern (which of course people gripe about) and TRYING to do well by their bowlers. Is the pattern "right" - I don't know. It's generous but not overly so. It's fun and gets us involved - which is good.
But yeah - I don't have a lot of reasons why NOT to be sanctioned.
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