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Changes for PBA Tour's 2012-13 season don't alter tough bottom line for players

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Monday, July 2, 2012 6:00 am
Changes for PBA Tour's 2012-13 season don't alter tough bottom line for players
The World Series of Bowling in November at South Point in Las Vegas kicks off the 2012-13 PBA Tour. Photo by Pro Bowlers Association.
If you're a bowling fan, you've likely seen the PBA Tour's 2012-13 schedule, which was released last week. I've waited to write about it because I wanted to check a few things and digest it a bit, and because I had a message exchange going with one of the PBA's young stars that I felt would add to my story. The star, who is not one of my close friends, contacted me about writing what he called a "controversial article about the state of the PBA and young players and whether it is worth...