It seems to me the best fisherman are trying to take over everything. I believe it is for the best. Generally I would disagree with this statement, but the management of the top clarifies this to me.

Things are changing rapidly.

Kernan and Romans qualified for the Elites and trust me. Rome and I totally respect those guys and have seen what they have accomplished and witnessed it and we have spent a ton of time on the water to be our best. We also know all those guys in the Elites are there because they earned it.

The money didn't make sense to either one of them as all of us have to provide for our families. They both poured out alot of cash to chase the dream and they both did decent but still under the money line.

All of the major tours are going away soon. Greed in the upper portion will go away and there will be at least 1 tour in the "minor league" for up and coming anglers.

I hope the new BPT tour makes a difference and I believe it will as long as they are not greedy and try to grow the sport. It may take a few years to get there.

It will happen. If I can't be a part maybe Rome can.

Then why is the 2019 Elite Series roster only 34 people thus far?

Then why is the 2019 Elite Series roster only 34 people thus far? And 8 of the 34 are coming over from FLW.

Give it time Fouz. You can�t just put any Joe Blow in there. Let they best come up and earn a spot. It will fill up.
Myself, I have no desire to watch pro�s catch 1-2 lb fish all day. MLF format encourages those weights. Its more of a numbers game. The 5 bass limit format encourages anglers to catch bigger fish. That�s what truly separates the elites. KVD should know that more than anyone. Guarantee you he hasn�t won the majority of his BASS tournaments by catching more numbers than the other anglers. JMO

Very confusing. To complicated for me. Also sounds like mostly only for pay per view or subscribers.

Let me see if I understand this correctly. The "tour level" events are 6 days of competition but the last day is the only day the consumer can watch and it is live streamed, not aired on television. The "Cup" events are shot in the dark and are aired and consumed a YEAR after completion the same way they have been in the past on the Outdoor Channel. The "Redcrest" has no info on whether it will be televised and when that will be. I am guessing it will be similar to the "tour" events in that only the last day will be live streamed on-line. The "World Championship" is the culmination of all the chaos and will be aired in six one hour episodes on CBS and six two hour episodes on Discovery. I do not buy for one second that these anglers jumped ship to "grow the sport" or for "sponsor exposure". With just the "tour" events you are talking about 40 full days of competition that won't even be televised or live streamed (Day 1-5 x 8 events). Then what if the television package the consumer has does not include the Discovery channel or the Outdoor Channel? How is the product consumed then? Charge the consumer to pay for on-line access of televised episodes? What if they do not want to pay? Now you are left with 6 episodes of network aired shows that 95% of people with a television can consume. Out of 14 events. So where is all of this added "sponsor exposure" and opportunity to "grow the sport"?