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 Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Used2fish]
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07/08/20 08:01 PM
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Fordntriton
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everything being blamed on Covid and Trump.
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Outdoordude]
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07/08/20 10:08 PM
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Bass-N-Buck Master
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So, no entry was a bill of goods to get everyone locked into a deal they can't easily break from before charging them to play just like all the other trails? Or are they mitigating unexpected financial troubles? I would totally understand the later, but I suspect the former at least to some extent.
*Update* Found the article; I think their emphasis on the importance of payouts drawing attention from casual fans is misguided. Seems to me that golf's relatively recent boom in popularity wasn't from big payouts, it was mostly from a compelling story and character to follow (Tiger). Feel like fishing is going to require a similar personality/storyline-based approach to appeal and relate more to the casual viewer. And his name is Jacob Wheeler!
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Used2fish]
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07/08/20 10:26 PM
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TxBazzn
Pro Angler
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Won’t be long before they’ve moonwalked back into a 5 fish trail.
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: the skipper]
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07/09/20 12:36 AM
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Duck_Hunter
house cleaner
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house cleaner
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Is this a temporary result of the season being mostly cancelled due to Covid? Read the article. It's our fault. What article?
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Fordntriton]
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07/09/20 01:57 AM
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Mark Jones
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everything being blamed on Covid and Trump. Lol, the impact of Covid on a league is easy to quantify when brands reduce sponsorship levels, events get cancelled or a season is truncated and revenue is lost and less than 5 months ago everything was rocking.
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Used2fish]
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07/09/20 02:17 AM
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LeonSulak
Pro Angler
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Good thing Big O isnt around to see this.
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Used2fish]
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07/09/20 02:46 AM
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mudd
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Outdoor world is booming like crazy. Anyone tried buy a tube lately or a rope to one? Ain’t none to be had muchless all the Yamaha and Mercury parts that are not on the shelf’s
93 Ranger 482vs
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Mark Jones]
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07/09/20 03:00 AM
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H2O Seeker
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everything being blamed on Covid and Trump. Lol, the impact of Covid on a league is easy to quantify when brands reduce sponsorship levels, events get cancelled or a season is truncated and revenue is lost and less than 5 months ago everything was rocking. Funny how that works in the business world...Oh wait...you mean professional fishing is a business?!?!?
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: LeonSulak]
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07/09/20 03:14 AM
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outfishdya
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Good thing Big O isnt around to see this. I am worried about him. If he doesn't post soon, we should send someone to check on him.
Sometimes a bitter man trying to be a better man
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: outfishdya]
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07/09/20 03:34 AM
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Mark Jones
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Good thing Big O isnt around to see this. I am worried about him. If he doesn't post soon, we should send someone to check on him. Lol, he would be all over this if they let him back on. He wouldn’t make it 24 hours on the board...
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Used2fish]
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07/09/20 05:13 AM
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Bass-N-Buck Master
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Heck I don’t blame them for jumping ship when something is free, guess they will soon find out the worst word in the dictionary is the word “Free” but that goes for many other things as well!
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Mark Jones]
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07/09/20 01:47 PM
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Tx Tree Grower
Extreme Angler
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The main two points BPT and their pros were selling this time last year was conservation and no entry fees. One year later we have fish in livewells and entry fees back on the books for next year. I get that these are crazy times, but it's still a bad look. The chances of them ever going back to no entry fees again is near zero in my opinion. All this "change" in the bass tournament world over the last few years has led us back to right where we started. BASS vs FLW and five fish in the livewell. Only difference now is you have an extra level of "pros" competing for sponsorship money on the FLW side. The argument could be made that professional bass fishing has actually taken several steps back instead of forward. I'm not trying to bash MLF/FLW, but that is just the reality of where we are.
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Re: Bpt entry fees
[Re: Mark Jones]
#13624602
07/09/20 01:51 PM
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TxBazzn
Pro Angler
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everything being blamed on Covid and Trump. Lol, the impact of Covid on a league is easy to quantify when brands reduce sponsorship levels, events get cancelled or a season is truncated and revenue is lost and less than 5 months ago everything was rocking. But what sponsor brands are struggling? I looked at their sponsor list and all seem to be doing pretty well during COVID. Except Evinrude. Are we certain this isn’t just another example of Boyd Duckett and management being less than truthful?
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