Sportsmanship?

This won't be a long post, I just want to comment on how pathetic
B.A.S.S has become. For some reason now they enforce some
"Sportsmanship" rules! What about Swindell driving up in his boat and
yelling at someone that he thinks is on a spot he found?????? How is
that any better than what Iaconnelli did yesterday? This is why my
dream of fishing professionally for B.A.S.S is gone. It isn't even the
same as it was 3 years ago. Since ESPN bought it, it has gone even
further down hill than when Scott sold it. I didn't think so at first,
I thought big money would finally put this sport into the highlight, and
it did that, but in a Soap Opera kind of way. Iaconnelli is the bad
guy, Swindell is the funny guy, Brauer is the old guy, Van Dam is the
Wiz kid, Martens the almost guy, and then Clunn the mystic.

Screw B.A.S.S , screw everything about them. If you want to break sh*t
on your boat, go ahead, who cares, it is emotion. 2 fish died in his
livewell. They reviewed tapes, and because of all the negative
publicity Iaconnelli gets, and they (ESPN/B.A.S.S) of course facilitate
and push. If KVD kicked his trolling motor off his boat (don't get me
wrong I love KVD) , being defending champ, they would definitely not
have disqualified him. Iaconnelli is marked, and I guarantee they spin
this even more negatively about him! I hope he comes out and catches
50lbs today and shoves it up their.........explitive deleted.

I am so mad right now, it hurts to see a dream turn into a complete
joke. Good thing there is competition out there all is not lost. All
the media outlets are the same, ESPN didn't have to go this direction,
but it is what sells to the masses. Oh well, I am going to go catch
some steelhead!

Chris

I think the spin on this case will probably go in the direction of the "bad
language" he supposedly used at some of the people around him, especially if
there were any kids around.
B.A.S.S. has been affected negatively by the ESPN folks in my opinion too.So
much so that my renewal came last week in the mail and I pitched it
immediately.I still have my first ever member card from 1987 and was a
"proud member".WAS.

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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This won't be a long post, I just want to comment on how pathetic B.A.S.S
has become. For some reason now they enforce some "Sportsmanship" rules!
What about Swindell driving up in his boat and yelling at someone that he
thinks is on a spot he found?????? How is that any better than what
Iaconnelli did yesterday? This is why my dream of fishing professionally
for B.A.S.S is gone. It isn't even the same as it was 3 years ago. Since
ESPN bought it, it has gone even further down hill than when Scott sold
it. I didn't think so at first, I thought big money would finally put
this sport into the highlight, and it did that, but in a Soap Opera kind
of way. Iaconnelli is the bad guy, Swindell is the funny guy, Brauer is
the old guy, Van Dam is the Wiz kid, Martens the almost guy, and then
Clunn the mystic.

Screw B.A.S.S , screw everything about them. If you want to break sh*t on
your boat, go ahead, who cares, it is emotion. 2 fish died in his
livewell. They reviewed tapes, and because of all the negative publicity
Iaconnelli gets, and they (ESPN/B.A.S.S) of course facilitate and push.
If KVD kicked his trolling motor off his boat (don't get me wrong I love
KVD) , being defending champ, they would definitely not have disqualified
him. Iaconnelli is marked, and I guarantee they spin this even more
negatively about him! I hope he comes out and catches 50lbs today and
shoves it up their.........explitive deleted.

I am so mad right now, it hurts to see a dream turn into a complete joke.
Good thing there is competition out there all is not lost. All the media
outlets are the same, ESPN didn't have to go this direction, but it is
what sells to the masses. Oh well, I am going to go catch some steelhead!

Chris

I personally think a stiff fine would have been a better way to go.
There has to be some kind of penelty for swearing up a storm and
throwing a fit on national t.v. Can you imagine the size of the fine if
Peyton Manning or Randy Moss went off like that in front of the camera
& fans??

On 25 Feb 2006 18:17:26 -0800, "RATMAN"
wrote:

I personally think a stiff fine would have been a better way to go.
There has to be some kind of penelty for swearing up a storm and
throwing a fit on national t.v. Can you imagine the size of the fine if
Peyton Manning or Randy Moss went off like that in front of the camera
& fans??

Happens every game on the sidelines. The only time any kind of fine or
penalty is issued is if a player goes off on, or flips off, a fan.
There's a lot more colorful language on an NFL sideline than what Ike
used.

..
Harry J aka Thundercat
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I can't believe no-one is upset about him culling a dead or dying fish.
That'll get you the death penalty in most any circuit I've ever fished.
In addition to showing total disdain for the resource, it's also
cheating, pure and simple. By culling a dead or soon-to-be-dead fish, he
evaded the dead fish penalty he had already earned by not turning on the
air pumps. By his own admission, there were 4 dead fish in the well. He
only weighed in two.

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:21:21 -0500, RichZ
wrote:

I can't believe no-one is upset about him culling a dead or dying fish.
That'll get you the death penalty in most any circuit I've ever fished.
In addition to showing total disdain for the resource, it's also
cheating, pure and simple. By culling a dead or soon-to-be-dead fish, he
evaded the dead fish penalty he had already earned by not turning on the
air pumps. By his own admission, there were 4 dead fish in the well. He
only weighed in two.

Disney doesn't care about the resource. He has a potty mouth.

..
Harry J aka Thundercat
Share the knowledge, compete on execution...
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All I know is if I was living the "Dream" to fish for a living, I would take
up words like darnit, dang, shucks& jeez,, then again I would have held my
dying fish to the sky and yelled "Why him, He was so young" and then maybe
tried some cpr on the deck :-)

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"Thundercat" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:21:21 -0500, RichZ
wrote:

I can't believe no-one is upset about him culling a dead or dying fish.
That'll get you the death penalty in most any circuit I've ever fished.
In addition to showing total disdain for the resource, it's also
cheating, pure and simple. By culling a dead or soon-to-be-dead fish, he
evaded the dead fish penalty he had already earned by not turning on the
air pumps. By his own admission, there were 4 dead fish in the well. He
only weighed in two.

Disney doesn't care about the resource. He has a potty mouth.

.
Harry J aka Thundercat
Share the knowledge, compete on execution...
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
http://secretweaponlures.com

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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All I know is if I was living the "Dream" to fish for a living, I would
take up words like darnit, dang, shucks& jeez,, then again I would have
held my dying fish to the sky and yelled "Why him, He was so young" and
then maybe tried some cpr on the deck :-)

Which would have made for much better television! LOL, that would have been
great!
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

If your going to be insane at least have fun with it :-)

--
www.wermieerniebaits.com
Making fish regret their decision on a daily basis
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in
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"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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All I know is if I was living the "Dream" to fish for a living, I would
take up words like darnit, dang, shucks& jeez,, then again I would have
held my dying fish to the sky and yelled "Why him, He was so young" and
then maybe tried some cpr on the deck :-)

Which would have made for much better television! LOL, that would have
been great!
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

On problem Rich is it must not have been against the rules. With the
other incident it was a judgment call by B.A.S.S officials.

As for swearing, What about Jim Bitter???????

Chris

RichZ wrote:
I can't believe no-one is upset about him culling a dead or dying fish.
That'll get you the death penalty in most any circuit I've ever fished.
In addition to showing total disdain for the resource, it's also
cheating, pure and simple. By culling a dead or soon-to-be-dead fish, he
evaded the dead fish penalty he had already earned by not turning on the
air pumps. By his own admission, there were 4 dead fish in the well. He
only weighed in two.