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Issue 1. Bowling Activity
Petitioner Carla Whitehurst (Mrs. Whitehurst) has been an
avid bowler since she was 5 years old. As a child growing up in
Bermuda, she bowled nearly every day. Mrs. Whitehurst competed
internationally as a top junior bowler in Bermuda. Her parents
also competed in bowling tournaments.
In 1995 Mrs. Whitehurst began competing in amateur bowling
tournaments in which cash prizes were awarded to the top-scoring
competitors. The bowling tournaments that she competed in
generally offered cash prizes that ranged from $1,500 for first
place to $50 for a lower place finish, though some of the larger
tournaments offered prize winnings as high as $10,000, $20,000,
or $40,000 for first place. She competed in tournaments for
amateur bowlers with a “handicap”; that is, points added to the
competitor’s score. Tournaments for professional or “scratch”
bowlers without handicaps offered smaller prize winnings than the
tournaments for amateur bowlers because they had fewer
participants. Most of the tournaments in which she competed were
sponsored by National Amateur Bowling, Inc. (NABI), for which the
entry fees ranged from $25 up to $85. Mrs. Whitehurst was a
member of NABI. She believed that the entry fees for
professional bowling tournaments, which were up to $400, were too
high in comparison to the prize winnings offered, which ranged
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