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Tom Clark says PBA Tour eyeing 'larger goals' as it prepares to kick off pivotal first year under Bowlero Corp. with more prize money, competitive changes

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, January 10, 2020 9:00 am
Tom Clark says PBA Tour eyeing 'larger goals' as it prepares to kick off pivotal first year under Bowlero Corp. with more prize money, competitive changes
PBA CEO Colie Edison, left, and Commissioner Tom Clark, right. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
When PBA Tour Commissioner Tom Clark became PBA’s head man after the departure of CEO Geoff Reiss in September 2013, the PBA was heading into its darkest hours since three tech executives saved the PBA from almost certain bankruptcy by buying it at the turn of the century. The PBA’s slow climb since then was helped by Bowlero — then BowlmorAMF — getting involved as a PBA sponsor in the latter half of 2014, which was the beginning of a relationship with PBA (and also...