I had heard much speculation about the impact of USBC&rsquo;s much anticipated tiered center certification program that was announced Thursday at the USBC Annual Meeting.
Some opined that only centers that were at a certain tier or higher would be eligible to host association championships.
I was skeptical there would be such a rule, at least without room for exceptions, because I know of 1-center associations and I couldn&rsquo;t imagine USBC telling such associations they can&rsquo;t have...

The most notable piece of the program was the unveiling of ACE, the Automatic Certification Evaluation Tool that automatically records topography at five points on a lane using digital sensors and a precision-machined frame and generates certification reports.

USBC tiered center certification program appears to have little direct impact on bowlers, competition