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Near-steady membership, growing tournament entries mean no dues increase until at least 2031 for USBC, Executive Director Chad Murphy says at Annual Meeting

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 4/30/2026, 8:00 PM
Near-steady membership, growing tournament entries mean no dues increase until at least 2031 for USBC, Executive Director Chad Murphy says at Annual Meeting
In a relatively uneventful USBC Annual Meeting in Reno on Thursday, delegates elected three members to the Board of Directors and decisively voted down the only two legislative proposals. The biggest news came from USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy, who reported that near-steady membership and growing tournament entries mean no dues increase will be needed until at least 2031, three years later than the organization’s prior projection. Murphy justifiably called it “a massive win fo...

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