Well I kind of agree,Bass will always be #1 with true anglers, MLF has learned how to actually make money with reality tv.

It’s going to be interesting to see what happens in two more years with the hands that signed the contract .

I wonder what Big O thinks. Hope he jumps in.

Why? Did they sign Colin Kaepernick?

Lmao wow. That won't ever happen.

Did big O change his name?

Was that an advertisement for the XFL? Next thing you’ll hear is their championship will be bigger and better than the Super Bowl too?

Hey Beartrap, what is your son’s name? It’s obvious that he is one of the bpt anglers.

move to plugs and announcements please

And we're off!

I don't have any connection with MLF whatsoever...... I hope both tours succeed however and
it's just my opinion that MLF has come up with a great opportunity for good fishermen to make a living tournament fishing by increasing the revenue by obtaining a huge increase in television exposure which will ultimately greatly increase revenue. ….fishermen have pretty much been fishing for their own entry fees for past 40 years and the greatly increased television exposure is going to create revenue that was never before available....

anybody watching MLF today and few minutes ago saw Wheeler catch 20 lbs in 17 minutes..came from 10 lbs down to 10 lbs in the lead....now he is 21 lbs in the lead...pretty exciting to watch.....

So MLF pros are the only ones who can catch schooling bass? Or is it just that they are the only ones able to count every one they catch?

I fished an MLF-style tournament a couple of years ago. Almost as soon as we got on the water one guy was putting a fish on the board every 1-2 minutes. He obviously pulled up on a school. Were we supposed to be awestruck that he was able to throw out a rattletrap or Zara Spook and catch them? My wife can do that.

But when you film it and put it on TV 4-5 times at the 4am in the morning time slot, it’s sponsorship gold! They’ve built a better system that doesn’t involve angler fans or customers of endemic sponsors. The only thing required is shyster level marketing people who know how to sell and serve sh!t sandwiches to clueless executives at these companies buying advertising space and time. They’ve even been convinced their ROI is better when there are no fans of the sport attending events. Just frogs and birds singing at the boat docks is all that’s required!

Here is the kicker, the anglers don’t get any royalties for the TV airtime no matter how many times they rerun it.

Do BASS anglers get royalties from TV?

You’re just making up anything possible, no matter how nonsensical it is.