Classic Coverage

[DSPCHAMY]

Guys, I agree that the coverage is terrible, but it has nothing to do with NASCAR. Yes, it is the same crowd, but believe me the classic is not in that league yet. The real problem is with college basketball. This is the time of year, that games are played every saturday and sunday and the vast majority of the country wants to see basketball. Why they dont put the classic on one of their other channels like ESPN classic is odd. I was at the classic all weekend and loved it.
I will say the live weigh in on Saturday was nearly 6 hours long and way to darn long. We left before it was over and didn't really miss much.

The Classic isn't dying, by the way. It is skyrocketing, but it will take some time, before we get the real coverage we want.

I don't agree. The classic coverage used to be much better, even two years ago in Pittsburg it was much better. The classic is not dying, but the television coverage is, and if the tv coverage starts losing money then the sponsors will start to dissapear and then the classic will die. The money they are fishing for has increased do to the ability for spectators to see the sponors logo's and spokespersons. If you don't believe that read the article about the money these guys are making from sponosors. Cant remember if it was f&S or Bassmaster mag but either way, these guys are paid on the amount of times they are seen on tv in their sponsors logos.

I am not asking to see 12 hours a day of fishing or the whole weigh in, but showing the top 20 would be nice and seeing more than 10 minutes of fishing in a three hour program, and then to see the same 10 minutes of fishing again in the evening program is a little weak.

After 10 years of busch series sponsorship my company pulled its sponsorship do to the fact that it was not a visable enough sport. FX and Speed didn't cut it for a fortune 5 company...how long will these smaller companies that are non tradtional to fishing be interested if they are not getting the visability that they desire.