With an upcoming Olympic games, I always have wondered why bowling never stayed in the Olympics. With a sport that has seen a decline in participation in recent years, getting into the next summer games would be a huge increase in exposure for the game. With coverage getting so expensive for even the PBA tour to show live finals they have decided to tape delay a few tournaments and show mid week or a lower cost times.
I believe that the level of competition and the ability to dress all lanes the same with the use of new conditioning machines and lane care technology that lanes cannot be "baked" to suit a certain bowler. Therefore, there is no advantage to south paws other than there are fewer than righties.
After participating, which I say loosely, in the Canadian National Championships this past weekend there is definately a lot of talent in the game which needs to be shown more across the globe. Also, watching the Weber cup you see that there is talent world wide as the PBA pros had to work to handle the european pros. It was fun to watch as there was a lot of strikes and great bowling which also can make it very entertaining.
If the Olympic commitee needs some help deciding if it is worth it to put such a great game in the Olympics I believe that there would be more than enough support worldwide for this. For those who would like to help find a way to get the message through to the IOC, My writing will continue to support this in the future and hope that one day I will be there to watch or participate in the event as it returns to the Olympics.
Best of luck and good bowling.
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