Hey Gang, The original comment that started this "thread" was regarding increasing the pay out to "get some money back". Mike, tpye the amount of times you've come home with more money than you left with. I think this is my 9th year tournament fishing with WBC and it has never happened, and I've done quite well! My thoughts on this post originally was that WBC has well over 100 members, some of which never have, or never will fish a tournament. For those that do, a trophy is something to be proud of. The new guy, entire family over for the holidays, proudly displays his 5th or 6th place trophy he won in a bass tournament, that's pride! For those that dont hang them on the wall, that's your choice. For those wondering if they can compete against everyone else, a trophy proves they can. Ask Danny Garrett whether the $ he won was more inmportant than the first trophy he ever won. The Jamboree gives out trophies to the top 25, yes, the tournament is bigger, but when we have 35 people fishing one of ours, 6th place is what, 20% of the field? Not to make a mountain out of a molehill, but for the guys and gals that don't care about the trophies any more, you think that might be because "the glamour of winning them may be gone"? MY .02
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