AH guys, there are so many wrongs here, its hard to even begin. First and foremost, a mental error by not turning the air on would cause me to snap to some extent, possibly throw a fit, especially if 500,000 was on the line. I cant even imagine casting a lure for that amount of $$, there is not telling what I may have broken in that scenario, but thats me. However, like stated earlier, the stars and stripes were envolved here and that is just UNACCEPTABLE, a lot of respect just went by the wayside right? Well, I know some of you don't respect him, but I for one, respect any man who can fish on the pro level and keep his head above water. BUT, who is to blame here? of course the violator, but do you pit all of your anger on him, or ESPN for showing it? same deal with the tourney last year when he went nuts dropping the f-bomb every third word, did they really need to show that. Well, if they want us (fans) to sit around and talk about it then of course they show it. It simply comes down to the direction that ESPN has chosen to take with BASS, they continue to use this beloved NASCAR model for our sport and eventually we will be running down the lake, swappin paint, tryin to get your competition loose and push him in the stump field :). Ike was wrong to disrepest the flag, cut and dry, simple as that. Culling a dead fish, if its against state law then punish him, its not against tourney rules so lets move on. As far as the unsportsmanlike conduct, how bout we let this one slide, keep a $15 light pole on the hush-hush, not make a big scene, keep the center of attention in the tournament for a couple more days and increase our ratings. OR we could DQ him, and set the fishing world on fire with all this DRAMA, and they can talk about it for the next 10 years, thats got to be good for ratings right? Its all about the $$, the game has definately changed right?, but then if you really want to talk about this type of situation, just ask anyone who ever fished a tournament against hank parker, he wasnt exactly an angel on the water, but they never explored his tenacity and competitiveness back in the "good ole days of fishin". Back when the fish would just jump right in the boat. The story hasnt changed, just the cast, and the angle of which television wants to take it at. I dont agree with it, BUT, just gonna have to live with it for a while, or we could just take up golf and talk about tiger a while?
buzzking