They used to do this on the bigger lakes a few years back (2013 at Lake Istokpoga, FL). They seem to be fishing smaller lakes so this isn't an option. At least they are going to different lakes in the area for different rounds.

13 hours ago, redux said:

Dropping the weights at the end of each period and pulling competitors is silly unless you are trying to change the outcome of the day's fishing. It doesn't happen in any professional sport...

Actually, professional bowling does that.  In a step ladder finals, the scores during qualifying are dropped (players are seeded, but don't have an advantage as far as score goes).  For each game of the stepladder on the televised finals, both players start from zero and any scores bowled earlier in the day are ignored.  A bowler can run away from the field and be leading by hundreds of pins, but in the final heads up match, if he loses by 1 pin, he loses.

 

MLF drops the scores each round.  Weights from the elimination round are discarded in the sudden death round & weights from the sudden death round are dropped for the finals.  In fact, there is no reward or penalty for your performance in those 2 rounds as long as you advance.  The goal is to survive, survive and then win at the end.  Therefore, the idea of keeping that concept going in the finals in a concentrated manner would be intriguing.  Start with 8, drop the bottom 2 after the 1st period & reset the weights to zero.  At the end of the 2nd period, drop 3 and again reset the weights so that you have 3 anglers fighting for the championship in one single period.  It would eliminate someone from winning because they had a 30 minute flurry in the morning and would make people decide whether to sit on a honey hole or save it for a later round.

 

I like Hoosierbass07's ideas, they make the final round match the rest of the tournament

 

 

Like I said, No professional sport does that! ? No sport zeros the scores for each period/quarter/half during a game/match. I agree they should not carry over the previous day's weight to the next day like they did in the recent cup. That's just silly and creates a false sense of drama.

 

In the recent event in Texas you think it would have been a good call to drop Horton because he was in last place going into the second round?

 

Horton went on to rally for the win that day once he figured out the pattern and the location that Martens ignored. Martens found the spot Horton won on but passed it up for what he thought was a safer strategy and finished out of the cut (complaining the whole way once he realized what he missed ?).

 

There is a great story there that teaches viewers/anglers about understanding a lake, how bass behavior changes during the day, how to figure out patterns by looking into bottom structure and anomalies in cover, and persevering through hard times.

I think MLF is awesome just the way it is. Sometimes its close sometimes someone dominates the championship. I love it,  KVD got it done and it was great to watch. The only thing MLF needs is Scott Martin and Bryan Thrift, beyond that its great. I've learned more watching MLF than all other media combined including Bass Resource. Can't wait to watch the MLF championship in mexico. I think Martins takes it this year.

On 6/19/2018 at 4:48 AM, redux said:

Like I said, No professional sport does that! ? No sport zeros the scores for each period/quarter/half during a game/match...

If the joke is that the PBA is not professional or that bowling is not a sport, I wouldn't disagree with you.  The PBA has lost its way since its heyday in the '50's thru '80's and I consider bowling a game, not a sport.

 

However, there are many professional contests that zero out previous scores during a match.  In tennis, it doesn't matter if you win 0 games or 5 games, when the set is over the scores are zeroed out for the next set.  A person could theoretically win 27 games to his opponents 18 and still lose the match (6-0, 6-0, 5-6, 5-6, 5-6).

 

In match play in golf, your score per hole does not carry over.

 

I believe that track & swimming events use the initial times as seeding, but no advantage is given to a person who runs a cumulative faster time in all races.  The early races are a way to get whittle down the field & get you to the finals.  To use your Tim Horton example, he never would have gotten out of the preliminaries.

 

Soccer never zeros its scores, but that is because nobody ever scores, so they don't have to...

 

In any case, what does it matter what other sports do?  I don't believe any other sports are conducted on a playing field where the general public is legally allowed to approach a competitor and do exactly what the competitors are doing just yards away from them.  Not too many sports allow the competitors to relieve themselves on the playing field without some kind of penalty, but peeing off the back of the boat is standard in a bass tournament.  Bass Fishing, like many sports, is pretty unique so having some contests with unique scoring enhances it in my opinion.

Yes I am joking about bowling. ? My point about the scores is no one drops scores during the course of a single game or match.

Just sitting here watching them fish Garcia. Saying I know Evers is at, where Ish is at, Andy is at... ? watch out for that tree that took out our lower unit there..lots of fish getting caught. 

Yikes.  I didn't know their World Championship was on CBS.  Had to find out about it by flipping thru the channels and came upon CBS Sports Network and something called MLF Shotgun rounds, one hour long broadcasts.  

42 minutes ago, hoosierbass07 said:

Yikes.  I didn't know their World Championship was on CBS.  Had to find out about it by flipping thru the channels and came upon CBS Sports Network and something called MLF Shotgun rounds, one hour long broadcasts.  

Is it already over? I didn't know either

Saturday (the 6th) was the 3rd show of 7 that CBS is broadcasting.

5 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

Saturday (the 6th) was the 3rd show of 7 that CBS is broadcasting.

Dang maybe I can catch a rerun