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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50)]
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04/04/22 10:35 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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It sounds like to me someone over committed their resources and dug themselves a hole and Zack is caught in it. I've seen some of the stuff NASCAR does when it comes to sponsors and their drivers. They screen companies to make sure they are strong enough to back up all sponsorship deals with their teams before documents are signed. I just wonder if MLF and BASS do the same? MLF and BASS don’t have a lot to do with sponsorships, with regards to anglers. Most anglers have sports “talent brokers” that help arrange sponsorships.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
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04/04/22 11:10 PM
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ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50)
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It sounds like to me someone over committed their resources and dug themselves a hole and Zack is caught in it. I've seen some of the stuff NASCAR does when it comes to sponsors and their drivers. They screen companies to make sure they are strong enough to back up all sponsorship deals with their teams before documents are signed. I just wonder if MLF and BASS do the same? MLF and BASS don’t have a lot to do with sponsorships, with regards to anglers. Most anglers have sports “talent brokers” that help arrange sponsorships. 
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: LeonSulak]
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04/04/22 11:33 PM
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ezbassin
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LOL im just glad I don't even know who he is.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: Hammbone]
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04/05/22 03:00 AM
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1oldbassguy
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Just days before my first installment of a big and recurring commission check; the VP called me and said; “We have decided to not pay you and we wanted you to know, we Have a huge staff of attorneys and we can run this out a lot longer than you, so that’s it.” Forgiving took a long time and it was ugly but eventually I got over it 🙏🏻 The high-road is the Best road but Bumpy. I was Blessed many times more from different directions. I’ll pray 🙏🏻🎣🎣 I feel your pain . I was awarded as Worldwide salesman of the year for a semiconductor company in 1994 . 3 months later I was fired for no cause and cost me $250K in upcoming commissions . The following lawsuit lasted 7 + years and I got NOTHING even though they found the company at fault . Lesson learned ---- my next contracts were rock solid and couldn't be broken without a significant payout .
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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04/05/22 02:35 PM
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patriot07
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Not a good look to make that post, keep collecting/calling but don't take that business to social. Play the long game and take the high road. I respectfully disagree. IF, and I stress IF, he has asked numerous times and tried to take the high road and nothing has happened, then I support him 100% in his pursuit of monies owed to him to him by whatever means necessary. Social Meedjuh is a powerful tool that he can be used to sell baits for a company. I’m sure if this company wasn’t giving him the run around, and the relationship were in good standing, they would have no issue with him using social meedjuh to sell their baits. Why is it not OK for him to use it for monies owed to him by said company? It has to work both ways. The company has a responsibility and obligation to keep up their end of the bargain as well. To many people are worried about tarnishing their image and get run over and want to kiss up to every fishing industry company. That’s not how it should work. If a company isn’t doing right, they should be called out if people have tried and tried to get monies owed to them with no result. It works both ways. Birge holds the power as he is the means for marketing baits and tackle and an up and coming young hammer …. not the bait company. IF, and again IF, he has tried the nice way, then too bad for the bait company. Don’t be a clown show. Maybe if of some of these people quit kissing the bait companies azzes they wouldn’t screw people over. But we live in a society where wanna-be pros will do dumb-azz stuff like put a wrap for a bait or tackle company, a forum or a tourney trail on their boat when they have ZERO affiliation with that organization. It’s just fun to “play pro fisherman” and make people believe you’re a pro and “look at me!! I’m such a stud “pro” fisherman!”……. SMH +10000000000000000
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: patriot07]
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04/05/22 02:57 PM
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Finesse EMPEROR/ Dropshot King
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Not a good look to make that post, keep collecting/calling but don't take that business to social. Play the long game and take the high road. I respectfully disagree. IF, and I stress IF, he has asked numerous times and tried to take the high road and nothing has happened, then I support him 100% in his pursuit of monies owed to him to him by whatever means necessary. Social Meedjuh is a powerful tool that he can be used to sell baits for a company. I’m sure if this company wasn’t giving him the run around, and the relationship were in good standing, they would have no issue with him using social meedjuh to sell their baits. Why is it not OK for him to use it for monies owed to him by said company? It has to work both ways. The company has a responsibility and obligation to keep up their end of the bargain as well. To many people are worried about tarnishing their image and get run over and want to kiss up to every fishing industry company. That’s not how it should work. If a company isn’t doing right, they should be called out if people have tried and tried to get monies owed to them with no result. It works both ways. Birge holds the power as he is the means for marketing baits and tackle and an up and coming young hammer …. not the bait company. IF, and again IF, he has tried the nice way, then too bad for the bait company. Don’t be a clown show. Maybe if of some of these people quit kissing the bait companies azzes they wouldn’t screw people over. But we live in a society where wanna-be pros will do dumb-azz stuff like put a wrap for a bait or tackle company, a forum or a tourney trail on their boat when they have ZERO affiliation with that organization. It’s just fun to “play pro fisherman” and make people believe you’re a pro and “look at me!! I’m such a stud “pro” fisherman!”……. SMH +10000000000000000
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: LeonSulak]
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04/05/22 03:25 PM
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LakeForkGroupie
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I saw that he updated his facebook post to say this issue has been resolved.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: LakeForkGroupie]
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04/05/22 03:55 PM
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I saw that he updated his facebook post to say this issue has been resolved. social media pressure will get stuff fixed quickly... crazy how it works these days
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: ezbassin]
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04/05/22 04:19 PM
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Frank the Tank
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LOL im just glad I don't even know who he is. I think we’ve already established you live under a rock  j/k
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: Fishspanker]
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04/05/22 04:21 PM
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Mark Jones
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Huge variation on what the pros make from maxing credit to doing pretty well. Highly dependent on sponsorships. Sponsorships vary from just prioritize to serious money.
Also many have another line of income such as a spouse or business. Some even have family money. Most start out barely getting by or going into debt. Read the story about Brandon Palanuik making “tomato soup” out of McDonalds ketchup and water while sleeping in the back of the truck.
If you handle business issues talking them out then go to court for failure to meet terms of contract or just move on. No potential Sponsor is going to appreciate you airing things out on the internet. ^^^^ This was my point to my post, it's less about if it's an effective means of collection and more about what it says to potential sponsors.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: LakeForkGroupie]
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04/05/22 04:33 PM
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grandbassslayer
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I saw that he updated his facebook post to say this issue has been resolved. So we still don’t know who it was or the complete context- which makes Birge a good for even posting what he did. All potential sponsors I am sure took note of a person that does more harm than good.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: Mark Jones]
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04/05/22 04:33 PM
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Frank the Tank
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Huge variation on what the pros make from maxing credit to doing pretty well. Highly dependent on sponsorships. Sponsorships vary from just prioritize to serious money.
Also many have another line of income such as a spouse or business. Some even have family money. Most start out barely getting by or going into debt. Read the story about Brandon Palanuik making “tomato soup” out of McDonalds ketchup and water while sleeping in the back of the truck.
If you handle business issues talking them out then go to court for failure to meet terms of contract or just move on. No potential Sponsor is going to appreciate you airing things out on the internet. ^^^^ This was my point to my post, it's less about if it's an effective means of collection and more about what it says to potential sponsors. Yep. Hopefully the sponsors take notice and realize Zack has a sack and won’t tolerate being screwed over and deeked around by a company who thinks they can because it’s fishing and so many want to kiss their rear-ends. Good for him for standing up for himself.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: LeonSulak]
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04/05/22 05:17 PM
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Douglas J
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Birge owns the "vague post" of 2022 so far
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: Douglas J]
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04/05/22 06:39 PM
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grandbassslayer
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Birge owns the "vague post" of 2022 so far Exactly- and his edit “this has been resolved “ was equally vague. For all we know the mystery company went Will Smith on him.
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Re: Zack Birge
[Re: Frank the Tank]
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04/05/22 08:43 PM
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Mark Jones
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Huge variation on what the pros make from maxing credit to doing pretty well. Highly dependent on sponsorships. Sponsorships vary from just prioritize to serious money.
Also many have another line of income such as a spouse or business. Some even have family money. Most start out barely getting by or going into debt. Read the story about Brandon Palanuik making “tomato soup” out of McDonalds ketchup and water while sleeping in the back of the truck.
If you handle business issues talking them out then go to court for failure to meet terms of contract or just move on. No potential Sponsor is going to appreciate you airing things out on the internet. ^^^^ This was my point to my post, it's less about if it's an effective means of collection and more about what it says to potential sponsors. Yep. Hopefully the sponsors take notice and realize Zack has a sack and won’t tolerate being screwed over and deeked around by a company who thinks they can because it’s fishing and so many want to kiss their rear-ends. Good for him for standing up for himself. Or perhaps they just pass on him and he will never know. I'll give you a real world example. A few years ago we had a deal go bad with a sponsor for a significant dollar figure. We stood our ground and eventually we had to get our counsel involved. There were some really tough uncomfortable calls and it took quite a while to reach a solution that worked for both parties. We didn't go to social burning them down airing these issues on the web and in fact other than me typing this here, it's never been addressed beyond that brand and our counsel. To this day, we deal with those individuals and because of how we handled the situation it's cordial and allowed for everyone to save face and feel good years later in a very small industry. We handled it like professionals and that's the point. When another brand sees those posts from him, they potentially think to themselves "Do we want to get involved with someone who chooses those tactics and takes those steps to resolve issues/conflicts?" and if the answer is no, then it's impacted him and he will never know. The bad news is it appears that behavior was rewarded with a positive outcome, so that tactic will likely continue to be deployed in the future. Lol. My two cents.
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