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Jason Belmonte makes familiar call for 1-squad PBA Tour after B squad dominates qualifying at PBA Wilmington Open

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 10:00 pm
Jason Belmonte makes familiar call for 1-squad PBA Tour after B squad dominates qualifying at PBA Wilmington Open
Andrew Anderson leads the PBA Wilmington Open after Tuesday's qualifying. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
Squad equity has been an issue in bowling for as long as I have been competing in top-level events, which is more than four decades. In somewhere around 500 PBA tournaments, I’ve been both the beneficiary and victim of horrible squad inequity: I think the worst I saw was a 14-2 split for 16 match play spots in a PBA Regional. Obviously, squads are not all created equal in talent or style, but the PBA Tour always has tried to make sure there wasn’t an obvious imbalance of...