Put me in the camp of just like watching live bass fishing. That being said, I do tend to like the immediate feedback and strategy the MLF creates. I think having both options is a great thing for bass fishing. Oh and I am as tired as everyone else having to wade through the [censored] spewed by one individual on here. Gets old.

I thought the last few minutes was a lot more exciting and interesting to see guys pitching a bait into places you just knew they going to get bit on every cast.......contrast that to guys walking across the stage and dumping a bag of fish on the scales.....
believe MLF has come up with a "better mousetrap" tournament format and certainly the economics of the fishermen sharing the TV,advertising and venue income is a much better scenario for those guys trying to make a living at fishing...add in the increased TV exposure for both the sponsors and the fishermen and it is just a better concept....

Dubee, you said
"Hey Warren, if I send you a baseball to replace the one Boyd stole. Will you quit posting all this made up nonsense and go play in your room"
Is that made up nonsense you just came up with or is Boyd really a thief who actually stole a baseball from BigO?

Then you say
"I have no problem with someone criticizing. I have no stake in it. I just don't like boobs who constantly post made up bs. I would feel the same way if they were doing that about any company"
Can you not see the hypocrisy in your responses to BigO?
It's pretty obvious to anyone who can read plain english that you are a "BOOB" who constantly posts made up bs.

I could sit and read BigO posts all day and enjoy every minute of it. He is sincere and very well spoken and I am glad he is here to be honest.

Can you clarify? Are you saying the MLF anglers fishing the “BPT” are paying entry fees to fish that circuit, but yet they still receive a regular income via a revenue sharing scheme where the incoming revenue derived from TV advertisements and venues comes back to the anglers in form of a tangible financial dividend?

Don’t conflate that tournament circuit that is recognized and recorded on the anglers achievement statistics with the other MLF entertainment product, “the cups” that are not recognized as being worthy of being recorded on an anglers achievement statistics. One is a fishing tournament, the other is a TV show depicting what happens at a fishing tournament. In that one, I would expect the guys who participate get paid a prevailing wage for actors in that genre of entertainment, at minimum, and then a revenue sharing scheme that covers royalties/licensing/advertisements

I think that part of the point, I have watched pro tournaments since around 2007 and fish a little local stuff so I like watching both formats, it seems your die hard tournament anglers seem to prefer 5 fish almost always because thats what they do but that's a very small TV audience. You put your average sports viewer in front of a 5 fish derby and the MLF format they are going to prefer MLF.

You should have seen the 5 on top of Ehler yesterday

There is absolutely nothing sincere about any of his post. There is no truth to any of his post. All he does is make up bs. And I am an absolute boob. I never said I wasn't

You are worse than him! Give it a rest, you sound silly!

Lmao ok

About 50% of what he says is true. While it is finally starting to wear on me a little he's entitled to his opinion too. Don't be a facebook fact checker and just ignore him if you disagree.

Controlled burning of underbrush on National Forest Land.

Adrian Avena posted a video on his Instagram story yesterday of an old timer in a john boat basically rubbing his rail as he passed by him

Well, “30,000 people with $1,000,000” in their pockets ready to spend would definitely be there to see it.

The world is digital. It just is, Big O. Nobody gives a flying fart about weigh ins. You tubes, instagrams, TV time is where the money is at. It’s been the future for a decade and Bass tournament fishing is finally catching up. Every other legitimate sports league in the world realizes TV and social media are the way of the future. Hell, it’s been more profitable for a decade.

Nobody in a position of decision making gives two sneezes about 300 people at a weigh in if you can put it in front of 300,000 people on TV.

Sponsors will make way more money via social media than showing tournaments on TV. Give it a rest.

With all due respect, Duck, I am not even going to get into trying to rebut that nonsensical post. However, since you seem convinced of what you write, then surely you can list many examples of other “legitimate sports” that have forgone live spectator audiences for TV and social media exclusively. Let’s start with you naming 5, if you can’t name 5, then name 4, and if you can’t 4, then 3, and so on.... also notice I emphasized live... because I don’t know any apart from MLF that thinks there is more marketing value in a prerecorded broadcast 4-5 months after the event took place.

If that’s your opinion then tell me why certain sponsors have jumped ship. Also why did G-Man publicly state his were relieved that he was heading back to BASS? Just curious.