This article originally appeared in the June 2013 USBF Western Sector Newsletter.
This column is in response to Western Sector president Vernon Cooper‟s request for comments in the May Western sector Newsletter and is not specifically about rules except for a provision from the USBF bylaws noted below. Last month in his editorial in our newsletter, Vern asked us how we feel as USBF members about separating open and punto, raffa, volo (raffa) and have National Championships at two different locations at different times of the year. The sport of volo was not included in the request for our comments but it certainly should have been included.