I was hoping someone else would have brought up this thread, but they
didn't so I will throw my hat in and wait to get flamed.

I will start by saying, I am a HUGE KVD fan, I think he is an amazing
fisherman, and know he is just as competitive as any other angler
anywhere. Now, with that said, I am not sure how many of you had read
this months Bassmaster (which I vowed to stop reading, but just can't
stop) Magazine. There is a little clip explaining how KVD had wheeled
his rod and reel in the water after losing a fish, maybe a big fish,
maybe just a legal...regardless. KVD wasn't disqualified, or even
chastised for the action, Zebco didn't dump his as a sponsor. BASS put
in maybe 10 lines in the bottom corner of the magazine almost comically
supporting the action.

"He regretted the action when he realized he might be needing the outfit
for the rest of his competition day." (Bassmaster June 2006, pg. 16).

Now lets rewind back a few months, back to the Classic at Toho.
Iaconelli had a couple fish dying in his livewell, got ****ed kicked his
light pole on his boat. He lost his weight for the day because of
sportsmanship, or lack there of. I had made a comment at the time ,
that if KVD had done the same thing, the rules would not be applied the
same way. It seems that , in my eyes, this is the case in this instance.

Sure BASS could justify it many ways, first, Ike was on National TV, KVD
was not, but it was glorified in a National publication, and as far as I
know a lot of "impressionable youths" can read.

I guess it all depends on who does what.

Chris