How can the 17 best in the world no longer be the 17 best in the world just because they switched tours?

So, are the 17 that replaced those who left the best in the world because of the tour their on, or does it not matter what tour their own if they’re actually the 17 best bass fisherman in the world?

The tour makes you the best? Or the anglers make the tour the best?

Who would any of them be without having been involved with BASS? Just another guy who goes into a tackle company and pledges to spend x amount per year if they will give them a patch to sew onto their ego shirts.

Seriously, how did they get the title of professional, and best in the world in the first place... who afforded them that pedestal? Take the pedestal away and they joe become just an average joe wannabe.

Who would any of them be without having been involved with BASS? Just another guy who goes into a tackle company and pledges to spend x amount per year if they will give them a patch to sew onto their ego shirts.

Seriously, how did they get the title of professional, and best in the world in the first place... who afforded them that pedestal? Take the pedestal away and they joe become just an average joe wannabe.

If Lebron James quits the NBA and goes to play in Europe, he is still one of the best basketball players on the planet.

YES...and a chance to win another championship.

guy posted this on another forum and it's a pretty good description of the progress MLF has made and what the future looks like especially with the growing fan base being created by the popularity explosion of high school/college bass fishing..



""Seriously how out of touch with reality is "five bass guy". Duckett is a unbelievable businessman no matter what we all think of him as a person. He now has 9 BPT tournaments and 5 MLF cups. He sells six 2 hour shows PER TOURNAMENT and MLF CUP event to Discovery, Outdoors, and Stortsman's channel and 1 hour block to CBS. He sells all his catalog of shows (done over the years) to My Outdoors TV streaming service. And he picks up another half hour segment on Outdoor Channel and My Outdoors for All Angles. He locked all the best anglers into a two year contract which was easy because BASS is the worst place to work. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH ALL THE MONEY!!!! OH that's right he he walked into FLW corporate office and bought them out and then to satisfy demand for his product he (under pressure for more content) introduced a new tournament Heavy Hitters and threw in a 750K purse for 30 anglers. There might be signing bonuses next year. Or Boyd could just quit and spend his time under a palm tree for the rest of his life.""

Those 17 “ best in the world” pros are on the outside looking in and will remain on the outside for the remainder of their careers. That’s the price they will pay for being lemmings. 2 of them got smart before the door closed, the rest of them have already been forgotten about and none will be remembered as legends like many who came before them that have much more class and integrity. KVD who? Is he there making an appearance for his sponsors? Skeet who?

The future of the industry is currently participating in the most prominent event of the year... those 17 “best in the world” lemmings are stuck reciting ra-ra cheerleader talking points about how their purse snatching organization is the best while regretting every minute of it. Where is that 2020 Redcrest that was supposed to make the classic look like a traveling parking lot carnival, according to what the lemming leader stated in 2019? Oh yeah, they are having one because the org they got snookered into joining snatched the purse. The only one within who recognized it for what it was is Ike... The rest, to much of a coward to speak out.