Deletion of Richard Langton

Comment: After reading the Professional Bowlers Association article, I'm unclear whether this person meets , and am hoping someone familiar with pro bowling can enlighten us.  says "People who have competed at the fully professional level of a sport, or a competition of equivalent standing in a non-league sport such as swimming, golf or tennis". http://www.pba.com/news/feature.asp?ID=897&Type=0 This shows him qualifying for an Professional_Bowlers_Association#Regional_Qualifying|invitational PBA tournament -- does this mean he was competing at a fully professional level? I'm hoping someone familiar with professional bowling will come along and enlighten us, or references will appear for the two claimed championships
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Comment: As noted above, Langton is not notable under  since he failed to win the office for which he ran. The difficult issue is . To qualify under that provision, I think, the article would need to show that Langton had "competed at the fully professional level". The https://www.pba.com/members/join.asp PBA website is informative. That organization is quite different from, say, the National Football League. There are 3 membership levels: Junior, Standard, and Full. You show that you are a good bowler, and then YOU PAY THEM to get in; they don't pay you. Thus, being in the PBA is not really sufficient to provide the needed "professional level" qualification under . If the article's author can show that Langton has earned his living as a PBA bowler I believe the article should stand. Lacking that, though, I recommend '''Delete
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