A major problem i see with the argument is that theyre public lakes. If they keep the tourny fisherman off the water shouldnt they also keep the guides and pleasure fisherman off the water. If they stop sanctioned tournies then youll have the same group of guys show up at the ramp and have a good ol boys non sanctioned tourny. To be honest i think the tourny boom is just a fad, like poker was for a few years. You went through a phase where everybody started playing and now its just the guys who were playing before the fad. I think another problem is that the really large circuits have broken up and small clubs/groups are springing up everywhere. In another 10 years itll the number of tournies will decline