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Update: PBA League protected players, draft pool announced as 2017 PBA League draft set for Nov. 2 in Las Vegas

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, October 21, 2016 4:00 pm
Update: PBA League protected players, draft pool announced as 2017 PBA League draft set for Nov. 2 in Las Vegas
PBA Commissioner and CEO Tom Clark speaks before the draft for the 2016 PBA League. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Note: This story originally was posted Oct. 5. As I wrote in this story after attending the 2016 PBA League TV tapings April 2-3 at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine, the weekend exceeded my high expectations: I would say it is impossible to put into words what an incredible atmosphere Bayside is for the PBA League, though I tried. The biggest news for the 2017 PBA League — the expansion of Bayside from 12 to 20 lanes that will provide a stadium setting for the PBA League — was...