Maybe a little perspective here for those complaining about the host location. Let's assume for a minute YOU were running a tournament organization and that there are maybe 30 lakes across the country that "regularly" pay for BASS, FLW and other larger national/regional events to attend their lakes and bring visitors to their communities.

Now take the group that's willing to pay the host fee for the Classic or the Cup and you've cut that number down to 10 max, argueably less. So your revenue model includes host fees as a significant portion of your overall business revenue and then say you've found a host community willing to pay and on top of that wants to commit to a long term working relationship. What do you do?

Do you (A) sign the deal and be glad that you've found a strong partner willing to work with you long term or (B) worry about what your anglers are going to experience on the water and what the legions of keyboard warriors are going to complain about on a forum?

Let me know your thoughts...

I sign the deal. I can print the banners in bulk and use the same stage year after year. Cha-Ching!

Just don't have them fish Pittsburgh anymore...now that was a beating.

I would sign the deal. I watched the FLW coverage and had no problems with it.

#makefishungreatagain