This depends on the type of bowling league, how long is the league and how big is the prize fund is or payout. Most normal bowling leagues have two seasons, a winter season which mostly starts in august and ends in spring and summer leagues that start the middle of spring and ends at the end of summer. Winter leagues are much longer than summer leagues so the prices can be different.
First you must pay a sanction fee which can be $40 plus dollar and it’s a one time fee for that season. If you pay the sanction fee in the winter league, it should cover you for the summer league if you join one. If you pay a sanction fee for a summer league, that will not cover for the winter league.
Some leagues are different so please ask the bowling alley what are the rules, I am just going by the leagues that I have joined and how to pay. It’s a one time fee that you must pay at the start of the league. Then you must pay your weekly fee for bowling which is $20 dollars per week or whatever amount that leagues set in place. Remember it’s different league to league so the price may be higher or lower.
And that’s it, you must pay your sanction fee which is $40 dollars one time fee and your weekly bowling fee which is $20 dollars but please check the league for prices because it is different from league to league.