But the chances of me moving to other parts of the country and being happy would hinge on this issue. While most of the scratch and handicap leagues I have bowled have been mixed, this is not the case in the rest of the country. On the other hand, there are a few daytime women's leagues, and their numbers are shrinking. The clear majority are mixed leagues. I've always felt a bowler is a bowler, and I wasn't too worried about what side of their shirt the buttons were on.
Some leagues even have rules that require a person of each gender per team.
Perhaps there's no stranger case of differences than that of league secretaries. Other leagues pay the secretary a weekly salary of 50 cents a week or whatever. All the places I've bowled the secretary and treasurer has been a combined position. Yet I know of plenty of folks in other parts of the country where a secretary handles league standings and the treasurer handles the money, and they're two distinct positions. I've been asked.