Wiki Post- Bowling Lane Width

The certified width of "The lane shall be 41 1/2 inches, plus/minus 1/2 inch, wide."
                              
                        --USBC, Equipment Specification and Certification Manual page 27--
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Academic Resorce Article

     On June 14th, 2010, PBA Hall of famer Chuck Pezzano , wrote BOWLING CAN BE AN EDUCATION. This is an article about bowling and its rise to fame. After 60 years of tournaments and Leagues, the "National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has elevated bowling to the status of an emerging sport." It promoted because of the 16% increase in bowling program and it benefits  to educations. Many colleges have added bowling alley into their campuses because it's "good source of recreation and meeting places for students and some schools offer college credits for courses in bowling." It also help education because it help pays for your schooling because of the large amount scholarship. Did you know that "the United States Bowling Congress has more than $30 million waiting for use by young bowlers when they are ready for higher educations." In 2010, Sam Perrotta defeated 76 other competitors at the Northeast Senior Challenge to win $1,000. That was winning one tournament, you can also get scholarship by just bowling in weekly leagues. Bowling becoming a sport would help influence other to join bowling activities and they would win scholarships to help with their future educations.

Naysayer

     In a debate questioning whether bowling is a sport, MB29  and Sauh  both give valid reasons why bowling is or is not a sport. Proponents of Sauh is right to argue the bowling is not a sport. But they exaggerate when they claim that "a sport requires direct competition against two or more competitors." As a fellow bowler, I can tell you that their is a ton of competitors in bowling. Take Sunday mourning N.I.S.S., in the beginning you check in. After 10 o'clock, check in is close and you bowl 4 games. Depending on how many other competitors their, you cut to the top X. Last Sunday, their were 15 guys there. We had a cut to 8. When had to beat 7 other competitors just to make cut. Then after cut, you have to bowl the other 7 guys at the same time. Only the top 4 scores move on then, the field keeps cutting in have until there is only one victor left. The winners has to beat 14 other serious competitors.

Ted Talk with Carl Hart

 

 



     On September 11th, 2014, this video above was published on YouTube. Featured in this video was Doctor Carl Hart. Hart, a misfit who came from the poor, drug filled slums, is a neuroscientist and drug addiction expert who thought that his neighborhood was bad because of drugs. As a young man, Hart said that drugs are so addicting, "that the user only needed one hit to become addicted". But after having the opportunity to go to college and research addiction, he realized something that we all didn't think possible. That "drug addiction did not result in an in emendable downward spiral leading to disparity and addiction". When a drug user is given the choice of money or drugs, 50% of the time, the user takes the money. Also, if the money amount increases, then the user mostly always choices the money. After this, Carl Hart saw that drugs do not always cause an addiction.