Although it looks like 2024 won't be the season that your favorite DFS website will add the PBA to their portfolio, there are still ways to play with your friends if you're willing to put in a little work. At RotoWire, we want to provide you with some support to make that happen. We'll even do all the work for the first tournament!
Splash Sports offers a fun Tiers contest for the NFL, NBA and PGA that is easy to replicate with any sport, and that's the format we'll be using.
Follow @RotowireBowling on X then read the rules below and play along with us for this week's PBA Players Championship by sending your selections to [email protected] by Wednesday, January 10th at 10:00 am CT. The winner will earn a free 3-month All-Sport with DFS subscription to RotoWire.
If you're also interested in playing season-long fantasy bowling, read more here.
PBA Tiers Contest Rules
Simply select one bowler from each of the seven tiers. Tier groupings are based on odds to win from BetRivers Sportsbook. Each player accumulates points based on their position in the final standings of the tournament. The highest score at the end of the contest wins.
Ties will be broken based on the higher finisher in Tier 7. For example, if two entrants are tied in the final contest standings and one selected Ronnie Russell and the other selected Frank Snodgrass, then the winner will be determined based on who finished higher in the tournament – Russell or Snodgrass. If there is still a tie, it will be broken based on the higher finisher in Tier 6 and so on.
Scoring
| Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points |
| 1st | 75 | 9th | 32 | 17th | 16 | 25th | 8 |
| 2nd | 65 | 10th | 30 | 18th | 15 | 26th | 7 |
| 3rd | 55 | 11th | 28 | 19th | 14 | 27th | 6 |
| 4th | 50 | 12th | 26 | 20th | 13 | 28th | 5 |
| 5th | 45 | 13th | 24 | 21st | 12 | 29th | 4 |
| 6th | 40 | 14th | 22 | 22nd | 11 | 30th | 3 |
| 7th | 37 | 15th | 20 | 23rd | 10 | 31st | 2 |
| 8th | 34 | 16th | 18 | 24th | 9 | 32nd | 1 |
Tier 1
| EJ Tackett |
| Anthony Simonsen |
| Jason Belmonte |
| Dom Barrett |
Tier 2
| Santuu Tahvanainen |
| Kyle Troup |
| Tommy Jones |
| Kris Prather |
| Bill O'Neill |
| Sam Cooley |
| Packy Hanrahan |
| Jesper Svennsson |
Tier 3
| Chris Via |
| Jakob Butturff |
| Chris Barnes |
| Kevin McCune |
| Matt Ogle |
| Darren Tang |
| Stu Williams |
| Francois Lavoie |
| Sean Rash |
| Andrew Anderson |
Tier 4
| Marshall Kent |
| Anthony Lavery-Spahr |
| Keven Williams |
| A.J. Johnson |
| Shawn Maldonado |
| Tomas Kayhko |
| Jason Sterner |
| Kim Bolleby |
| Sean Lavery-Spahr |
| Kyle Sherman |
Tier 5
| Anthony Neuer |
| Tom Daugherty |
| Tom Smallwood |
| B.J. Moore |
| Graham Fach |
| Richard Teece |
| Zac Tackett |
Tier 6
| Ryan Ciminelli |
| Justin Knowles |
| Osku Palermaa |
| Tom Hess |
| DJ Archer |
| Matt Russo |
| AJ Chapman |
| Cody Shoemaker |
| Mitch Hupe |
| Brandon Runk |
| Nathan Bohr |
| Michael Martell |
| Dick Allen |
| Cristian Azcona |
| Joseph Grondin |
| Wes Malott |
Tier 7
| Jake Peters |
| Wesley Low |
| Matt Sanders |
| Frank Snodgrass |
| Ronnie Russell |
| Shota Kawazoe |
| Zach Wilkins |
| Anthony Pepe |
| Cortez Schenk |
