Scott Seidman writes:
Actually, it's my contention-- and I still hold it, slightly modified.
I'll even add to it. I don't think it's a very valuable use of a valuable
resource. There are tournaments that target very sensitive and pressured
species, like Marlin. I think that your proposed group will fit very
nicely in rec.sports, but I think there's a conservation argument as to why
it doesn't belong in rec.outdoors.

Frankly, Scott, you appear to have a rather large
anti-tournaments chip on your shoulder. Your claims that
tournaments are not "recreational", that they don't deserve to
be classified as "outdoors" activities like non-tournament
fishing, and even that they're bad for the environment surely
would be rejected by most people who participate in
tournaments, and I suspect they would be rejected by most
other fishermen as well. Your postings are pushing me toward
supporting this proposal rather than against it, because it
seems to me that tournament fishermen are entitled to a place
to discuss their activity where people like you can't come
along and tell them how inferior it is.

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