two more cents from me..

If Espn purchased broadcast rights to NASCAR for this year, they may not have wanted to go up against NASCAR to hurt market share. Here is my thought, why don't they scedule the classic for the off week of NASCAR then they could give it the attention that it deserves as well as attract some of the NASCAR fans over to their programing. Lets face it, there is a direct relatioship between the majority of racing fans and outdoorsman. If this were not the case do you think realtree and basspro would be throwing money at nascar?

I think some of the comments are right on, I used to enjoy the classic to see how people were catching the fish and padgentry of the end was what made it special. The fact that they showed the weigh in not in the correct order of the super six and how many times did you hear about the angler on the hot seat.

Honestly, do fisherman really care about the fishing or the feel good stories associated with the personalities? Did the story about Skeet's wife struggling while her husband is out making millions of dollars really make you want to watch more? Is Katrina played out yet? I am happy Hack's father in law was saved, but really didn't tune in to see that story. Oh yea did you know that ike was dq'ed last year?

Come on show me what I tuned in to watch, great anglers practicing their trade, thats what I want to see thats why I tuned in.

Sorry, just really disappointed in what espn is doing with its fishing programs in general.