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PBA Commissioner Tom Clark on how the PBA schedule happens, the expanded PBA Elite League, new urethane rules, string pinsetters, and more

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 7:00 am
PBA Commissioner Tom Clark on how the PBA schedule happens, the expanded PBA Elite League, new urethane rules, string pinsetters, and more
Tom Clark speaks at the 2020 PBA Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Photo by PBA.
The last time I did an extended interview with PBA Commissioner Tom Clark the hot topic was how PBA was emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. While that may seem like a lifetime ago, it actually was just two years ago in December 2021, the month PBA owner Bowlero Corp. went public in a SPAC merger. Much has happened since then: PBA CEO Colie Edison resigned and joined the WNBA; PBA hired Neil Stremmel as Director of Rules and Equipment and embarked on a study of urethane balls that led to a...