I think it's funny how all the "5 fish" guys are declaring BPT dead before it even gets going. With some of the brightest minds (and deepest pockets) in the Outdoor world and major media backing it, I think BPT will be a great success.

I think it's funny how all the "5 fish" guys are declaring BPT dead before it even gets going. With some of the brightest minds (and deepest pockets) in the Outdoor world and major media backing it, I think BPT will be a great success.

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"?

Elites AOY Standing 2018 & 2017

B. Duckett 57 - 96
G. Klein 86 - 62
T. Horton 102 - 76
S. Grigsby 98 - 104
K. Jordan 96 - 93
P. Elias 105- 92
T. Biffle 104- 80

MLF founders Duckett and Klein I get, but why did they leave some very good tournament anglers off their lineup?

They didn’t. They left for more money. It’s just a business.

I definitely get that. I can't blame them for wanting to go somewhere they can make more money. I guess my thinking is what is going to happen when their sponsors realize they aren't getting the exposure they expected to get and then potentially decide to pull their sponsorship from the anglers? At that point, what are the financial consequences the anglers face? I'm just spit balling. It's all what if this or that. That being said if I was spending money to sponsor an angler because I thought it would expose my business to more people but that did not happen I would be hard pressed not to spend those dollars elsewhere.

VERY CONFUSING