Why PBA dropping the Exempt Tour concept is not a big deal

Thursday's announcement by the PBA that it is dropping the Exempt Tour concept should surprise no one. The concept had dwindled to a shadow of what it once was and the impact is relatively insignificant, as PBA Commissioner Tom Clark noted in this PBA news release. "Over the past few years the definition of an PBA Exempt Tour player has changed fairly dramatically," Clark said in the release. "For the current season, the number of exempt players was reduced from an original field of 57 to 49 ...