If everyone was at the same HP it would not matter if you where going 30 or 100mph the feild is equal.
So should we have tournaments for 10 hp and below, 10-25 hp, 25-50hp, etc...??? If you start making up tournament circuits so that everyone can compete in their "own bracket", do you know what you end up with? Thousands of little bitty, no payout tournaments because only 10 anglers are fishing in each.
Besides the more that fish, the more the tournament circuit makes! You don't go to a resaturant and find and there is only steak at it is only one size available. Giveing people a choice is a good thing.
Nope. Not true at all. Proof - check the payouts. It's based on a "full field" in most of the tournaments. So if you start cutting a 20% piece out of a large tournament field that normally had 100 boats, you now have 80 boats competing. Make a couple of those niche markets, and what do you have? You have 20 boats in this tournament, 20 in this one, 20 in this one, and maybe 40 in the original. What happens to the payouts? They go down in the big tournament, because you don't have a full field anymore, and the little tournaments aren't paying out enough to cover your gas and hotel bill. So who is winning in that situation? Nobody.
Yeah, maybe Joe-Bubba-Jack who can't compete with the "big boys" as he calls them, is now making a little check to cover his gas, oil, and hotel bill. But if he had stayed with the "big-boys" and actually learned to outfish them, instead of being intimidated by someone elses "boat size" (wow, this conversation seems to happen a lot when talking about guys doesn't it? :lol: ), maybe he would have eventually won a LARGE payout. But he will never know, because he won't ever try.
Believe me, in todays society, it is much better to let people compete on their own scale.
My apologies, but I'll have to disagree there too. Our society has been slowly going downhill BECAUSE we let people just slide by. I sincerely think it's time that society (yes, me included) pulls themselves up by the bootstraps, takes a kick in the butt, and actually starts TRYING for a change. There shouldn't be any room for mediocracy. Like Yoda says - No! There is no try. Do. Or do not. :lol::lol::lol::lol:
I sincerely hope that my comments are not offending anyone, as I'm doing my best to relay my thoughts and feelings on this subject without stepping on toes. I realize that not everyone will agree. No matter if you agree or not, I sincerely wish you all a very Merry Christmas (or Hanukkah for my Jewish brethren here), and hope you all get what you want for presents. To those who agree with me, I hope you all get nice shiny new fishing rods. For those that don't, well... there's always coal. :lol::lol::lol:
All the best,
Glenn