Yes it is almost impossible to qualify for Regional if you miss a tournament. Most tournaments you're getting 450 points just for showing up...so even if you WIN the tournament you're only gaining 50 points...but you lose 450 by missing a tournament. I've seen kids qualify for Regional that didn't catch a fish all year...i've seen a tournament winner miss Regional because they also missed a tournament.
Yeah. The more I think about it the more I see it’s a participation trophy league. Just show up to all the events and catch a few fish all year and you get to go to regionals. Where a team misses 1 and fishes no worse than 44th with a high of 9th gets left out. Doesn’t make much sense but participation trophy mindset is where we’re going.
Yeah, I dont see it that way at all. It takes a certain amount of "points" to make it to regionals, not everyone makes it. Now, there is a "curve" if you will because of the number of teams that dont fish all events. A lot of teams fall off in the spring, either because of other sports (baseball in particular) or they feel they are out of the points. I can guarantee that if all teams fished all events it would take catching fish to make it to regionals. So how is the THSBA supposed to predict the amount of teams that will show up all year in order to make a "winners" only regional. I am sure the regionals cut off has to more to do the number of boats expected/needed for the event than the number of "winners" they are getting. Only the winners are getting awarded any trophies, everyone else is just paying the prizes, just like every other tournament trail out there. How much money would be available to award the winners if the THSBA only took the top 10 boats? Or, how much would it cost if they only took the top 10 boats?