BASS

[MsgMills]

I too agree with the College fishing League. Both my boys won't be fishing for a College for about 5 to 6 years from now. But I can assure you they will be helping a College School out somewhere come that time to fish. So I hope something gets going for sure by then, never know maybe a full Scholarship to a College for Fishing...Now wouldn't that be dandy........

Plus as far as the Bassmaster's Classic goes, make everyone of the entrants earn the right to fish, not just because they won the women's division....Doesn't even compare to the Federation Routes the Top 6 Federation Anglers compete through to get to the Classic. Talk about a big slap in the face to the Federation Representatives.......

Think about this if their ( B.A.S.S. ) is going to let the women's champion fish in the Men's Classic by only having to fish in 5 tournaments through out the entire season. Then change the route for the Federation members as well. Make it a 5 Tournament format strictly for the Federation,s members who want to fish only for the Prestige of making it to the Bassmaster's Classic.

Which by the way is a guaranteed check just for making the classic itself, so even if you finish in last place you still get a check......

Change the payouts to only say the top 25 anglers who compete in the Classic, instead of paying everyone who fishes in it from the start.

Ok, I've vented enough about this, time to move on to something else.....

[idbefishing]

The only advantage I can think of is that we can easily relieve ourselve over the side of the boat. Women can but it much harder, my girlfriend have done it and it was quite comical. College league won't be like you would like it to be because of one simple reason: money! How many of you guys would be able to afford tournament fishing as a boater on a college kid income? How many of you boater earn at least 35-40K/year? Heck beer money is hard enough to come by let alone a boat and truck payments. Not to mention entry fees, gas, food, logging, etc... When I was in college, I normally leave the party/bar at about the same time I leave the house to go to the lake now. It won't happen on a large scale and you can quote me on it.
Ray Scott aren't going to buy BASS because he sold it to ESPN. Tournament fishing got to where it is today because of media exposure. ESPN got all the media infrastructure to successfully support BASS. Anyone who acquire BASS would needs similar set up or getting whack big time by TV contract. I can't see Ray Scott or even Johnny Morris and all his money would take that gamble. I'M NOT A FAN OF ESPN, I HATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH BASS. Anymore it is a HUGE business and you have to treat it like so. It's ain't the 80's and 90's anymore.

[SuperSprint007]

Just my two cents on it, but i think that if bass was sold, FLW would buy it....my thought is FLW could buy it out and shut it down maybe take the classic and the records and merge it with their own. I would hope they would preserve the history of BASS. I think espn is slowly killing bass... the website is horrible, the tv coverage is getting less and less....I really dont think it would take to much effort on there part to make it better and nothing seems to be getting better...

And for the top woman getting a spot in the classic, so what, they added one and did not take away from anyone's chance to get in. It will give them a little bit more publicity with main stream media and maybe draw a few more fans. I guess if they added a college division then had the champion of it make the classic would you all have a problem with that?????

[artcarney_agr]

I wouldn't have any problem seeing how a college angler would stack up against the pros. I'd root for him/her everytime, being the young gun underdog skipping class to fish in the classic would be overwhelming, and fun to watch! Maybe by then all colleges will have a team and a school owned boat...I know of two colleges that have purchased brand new Rangers for their club, so it is very possible!

Go to this site for more info on the college angling scene:

http://www.collegebass.com/

Air times for that tournament are:
November 1, 2007 - 5:00am ESPNU
November 2, 2007 - 5:00am ESPN2

It's a step in the right direction for college angling and it's only a matter of time before either BASS or FLW takes notice.

Here's another one, television air dates will probably be in January, last year's shows on this site as well:

http://www.collegiatebasschampionship.com/index.htm

[bigrod]

My Insight tv says it is on ESPNU at 2pm thursday afternoon. I don't see anything except college football live at 5am.

[ekubassfsher]

The tournament will also be on tomorrow "thursday" at 2:00 pm on ESPNU. I also agree 100% with the college circuit. Talked with some guys from Drury University while at our National Tournament and they have been trying to set this thing up as well. I believe we can get this up and running within a couple years.