Clarifying the rule on use of new releases in PBA Regionals

I was surprised when I went to a recent Midwest PBA Regional and found that Storm’s new MARVEL-S and HY-ROAD PEARL balls had been cleared for PBA competition as of June 13. If you read this blog last year, you would think as I did that new releases couldn’t be used in PBA Regionals until they were available to the public, which is scheduled to be July 16 for the MARVEL-S and HY-ROAD PEARL. As it is now, balls can be used after they are made available for sale to PBA members under t...