It is not Six teams from each state. There are now 7 boaters and 7 non boaters from each state plus two alternates. Each person on the team competes against each other, the non boater has control of the boat for 4 hrs and the boater has 4 also. You are not paired with someone from your state, the team deal is that the state that has the highest combined weight from all their members, wins. It will be 49 boats, no it is not a big pro deal, it is a big amature deal as these divisionals are very prestigious, as the overall winner from each state goes to the Fed National championship, to earn a chance to go fish the bassmaster classic. These teams will be in town over a week, and they will spend money, that helps the economy for that area, overall there will be several hundred people that will be asscociated with this event. It is a big deal, when I fished the 2008 South div, at Santee Cooper, it had been a while since BASS or any major circut, had done a tourney there due to the drought of 2006/07 in that area, the people there actualy thanked us for being there as they said they need the business, a couple of guys crappie fishing actually said we are glad to see a big tourney back here, as the comunity missed the revenue, so yes there is a lot of money involved, and yes like it has been said before the corp agreed to start holding the lake back earlier, and let me clarify that mother nature will dictate a lot, they will have the tourney, wether it be over or under pool. By the way Ky should win this one. I will no longer argue about the corp, belive what you all will, I just answered a guys question and started a bleeping mess.