Or that's just Randy saying he declined when in fact he wasn't invited. You really think he turned down a spot if he was invited. To fish the opens

What is all this gonna do with Ranger I thought they just extended their deal with Flw year ago or so

The jersey deal is not a good deal for the anglers since this is how they make their money. These things benefit a marginal FLW guy but they do not really benefit a top level guy like the three or four mentioned above (Cox, Thrift, Dudley and Martin.) As pointed out if any of these guys has a bad season, then the odds of being Top 10 over the combined two seasons is not really good, but possible.

I am skeptical about the increased media coverage. If you watched MLF, and I will say I support both and what for 2019 was all three organizations, the reality is was if you caught them you were on camera, or on cut day if you were a bubble boy you were on camera. If you were number 30-40 you did not gain any of this increased exposure that was said to happen. You were treated no different that a guy at a golf tourney, minimal to no screen time. They can make arguments that MLF had all these Discovery Channel hours, and that sounds nice, but other than diehards that will record it, let's just be honest , no one is browsing at 6 am on Discovery Channel and being soaked in to watch fishing.

Now if they so choose to stay and work to get the no entry fee every fish counts, I do think the four will make it. I also think from an MLF perspective, the demotions quite likely may never get back to the big tour. Unless numbers are adjusted, fighting a field of 150 for 10 spots is not easy. If you look at spots 71-80 right now on the BPT, had there been a cut at the end of this season, I can honestly say I think only one of those guys would qualify after a season in the minors to get back up to the big's.

I would also question calling this the strongest five fish field around. You have four guys that are better than most on the big tour but after that, you have good anglers but not nec. great anglers. And there is nothing wrong with that, everyone eventually hits their stride. It sounds good but it is up for debate.

I hope they don’t screw the bfl all American winner around by not letting them fish the cup or whatever they r calling it now. I have not seen anywhere yet if all American winner still gets fish year on tour paid for and boat to run either