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PBA makes small tweak to rule covering interaction between players, ball reps during TV show

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2019 5:00 pm
PBA makes small tweak to rule covering interaction between players, ball reps during TV show
Storm ball rep Tim Mack with Pete Weber after Weber won the 2016 U.S. Open. Photo by Storm Products.
The PBA Tour has made a small tweak to the rules covering interactions between players and ball reps during TV shows, PBA CEO and Commissioner Tom Clark confirmed Thursday. The rule was tightened slightly starting with the PBA Playoffs this month at famed Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine. Players still can interact with their reps at all times, they just can’t leave the settee area except before and after games and during commercial breaks during games. Clark termed it “just an...