Your editorial, and those of others that have tried to blame the decline of bowling on the Net, shopping malls, football, television, and many other nonsensical reasons, fail to see the real picture. Bowlers want service, competition, fair conditions, leagues with reasonable length and prize funds. They want ABC, WIBC, and all the integers to do more than regulate and draw high wages. The bowlers want consideration for smokers and non-smokers. They want reasonable rules and recognition as more than just a customer.
Bowlers bowl for years at a center and loyalty has to pass in both directions.
Surprisingly, many of us without a lick of sense are not glued to the computer concerned about the affects of pigeon droppings on global warming. I use the Web for information that is current, right now . If I want to know the round by round standings of the Senior Open, I go on line and get it. If I want to know the leading money winners, merit point standings, I can get it now on the net. Or, I can wait for a monthly periodical to come to me with old news .