After USBC Executive Director Chad Murphy released his “2023 Recap, 2024 Preview” last January, the headline of my story asked the rhetorical question, “Has USBC membership stabilized?” In 2013-14, the season Murphy took over the helm of USBC, membership was 1,698,911. In 2018-19, the last full pre-pandemic season, it had fallen to 1,293,000, while 2019-20 saw membership fall to 1,210,000. The 2020-21 season membership was hardest hit by the pandemic at 850,699, with...