Just to be clear, who is “putting on the show” is the tournament organization. Anglers at ANY level are merely participants. Why does any angler believe that any organization whether it’s BASS, MLF, ABA, Bass Champs, Alabama Bass Trail, Media Bass, etc. should operate at a zero profit margin?? These are for profit businesses. Chad Potts isn’t rolling out all the Bass Champs assets here in Texas to “break even”. And that can be said even on a larger scale with BASS and MLF/BPT/FLW.

If anglers want more then shop around to see which trails have best payback, get some sponsors or work on their own social platform.

Who and what are the tournament organizers selling to the sponsors again? Remind us all.

It’s called EXPOSURE or you can go as far to call it a PLATFORM. What do the anglers bring to the table???

Exposure to what? Are they selling the exposure of their brands by saying people will be tuning in to watch a media production that just shows advertisements for products? What is bringing in the eyeballs to give them the exposure the tournament organizers are saying they can deliver?

When you figure that out, you will have figured out who is actually putting on the show.

You’re the guy that gets up to go to restroom during the game just so you don’t miss commercials? You truly believe that anyone would know KVD from Kalamazoo if it weren’t for BASS?? So which came first, the chicken or the egg?? BASS gave KVD a platform to become a fishing star. Same as it did for others before him and is currently for the guys chasing him. Same can be said for FLW and some of their stars. You think they operate on spare change?? How can they possibly afford to publish a magazine, air programming or host events without sponsorship. In fact, tell me a sport that doesn’t sell sponsorship???? You think fishing will end when KVD hangs it up??? NO because the show goes on....

And furthermore, bash the anglers for wearing jerseys that do nothing but promote brands. They’re a walking talking infomercial. If it’s about the “show” have them fish in a wife beater and cutoffs.

Good times. Gonna crank some up Seminole Wind and hit the road....

Adios

You can also attribute the decline in numbers of football athletes per school to a direct increase in the number of highschools. I remember when I went to Marcus “freshman” high school, and was bused to Lewisville high twice a day for football. Now there are at least 3 4-yr high schools in LISD. So, even though there is population growth, the students are spread thinner. This will directly effect the numbers to show a decline, when in fact it is likely the other way around.

The smaller school districts simply cannot fund a viable football program, so that is gonna be a decline due to lack of opportunities.

Every little town high school has a high school bass team. It’s SOMETHING for them to do. It’s not growth....it’s lack of diversity.

Hang on there little cowboy, you are giving Duckett the credit for growth in HS & College fishing? How many MLF affiliated HS & college programs are there right now? Ummmmmm ZERO!

Do you have a clue, how much it cost to fish the FLW, which is the stepping stone into the BPT? No poor boy is dropping $50k-$60k a year to fish that, even many of the current pros can’t pay it.

obvious your reading comprehension is about equal to your ability to see the big picture.....never said nor implied boyd duckett had anything to do with the growth of high school or college fishing...I said plainly he had the ability to recognize the growth of high school and college fishing and realized this would create fans of the sport, a need for TV programming and an opportunity for professional bass fishermen to own their own tournament organization and the profits it generated....

Well aren’t you just bouncing all over the place trying to come up with something that makes sense. First you try the “anglers aren’t making any money”. Yet you can’t explain how they will pay the $50k-$60k a year to fish the FLW, the stepping stone into the BPT.

Then you tried the “MLF is going to grow the sport“, but at the same time, you’re blabbering about all the high school & college growth that you are ALREADY seeing. MLF is not the cause of this growth, yet you want to say their show is the reason because it’s getting more exposure out there..”He had the ability to recognize the growth”.


Then you want to go with “professional fisherman who own the organization”....Nope there’s a few PART owners, 12 if I remember correctly, that would leave 68 without any ownership what so ever. If you really think fishing is going to get big time, then you’re loco. I can see that it’s an awesome adventure, seeing how some wanted out of it and not many of the FLW guys are going to fish FLW again next year.

Did you see where BPS is no longer sponsoring HS fishing through FLW?

didn't see that....they are still listed as high school sponsor on FLW website...

It was covered on latest podcast from Luke Dunkin on his Low Budget Live show.