Quote Originally Posted by hawkman
As much as it pains me, I have to agree with crap-king. (just kidding) The sponsors are a necessary evil. I don't drink beer, I don't need Cialis or Viagra, (huh-hmmmm, not yet anyway) & I'll probably never own a $40,000 boat. But they make it possible for me to watch the fishing shows I enjoy so much. If they gave me a new boat, motor & fishing tackle & made it possible for me to fish whenever I wanted to I would be shouting their names every chance I got too. It doesn't bother me the way Mike Iaconelli acts, although sometimes I do mute the TV when he starts yelling. I did hear the other day that he might have gotten disqualified on purpose last year just to get his sponsors more exposure. I guess in this case bad publicity is better than none at all. The Classic has become more commercialized but so has a lot of other things. But d**n, David, I hope it NEVER gets as bad as wrestling.

hehe.... what made me say that was noticing the guys with body paint that said Mercury. I thought that was a little over the top. Like wrestling matches hand out signs at the door already with stuff on them for the crowd to hold up. I wouldn't have put it passed BASS or MERCURY to have paid those boys to paint themselves up. I bet those guys were excited because to be on tv.

Our local boy Timmy Horton did well. Proud of him. I think he finished in the top 10. Was in 7th the second day.

I don't know why I even have an opinion on the deal, I fish for crappie full time now