I saw Todd's Facebook post. I am not sure it how much impact it would make, but he is right in that the manufacturers of plastics probably aren't going to pump much money into tourney circuits that have a bunch of boats spider rigging minnows. It is an interesting topic.

I will say that I have gotten more into spider rigging and have been using minnows more, partially with the upcoming tournaments in mind. If tourneys were rod in hand and artificial baits only, I maybe wouldn't be as avid with multi rod setups .. but can't say that for sure. I want to learn as much as I can about the many techniques.