Update: USBC explains, defends controversial further restrictions to team make-up for 2019 Open Championships, changing average rules

Note: Comments from the USBC conference call on Tuesday, with context and analysis are at the bottom of the original story posted Friday. A couple of months ago, I got a call from a prominent bowler telling me he’d heard of a rule change coming for the 2019 United States Bowling Congress Open Championship that would mean the end of our 11thFrame.com group and many other prominent groups. I was never able to confirm what he said, and heard it from no one else, so I figured (hoped?)...