On 11/21/2019 at 10:26 AM, billmac said:

I follow his channel.  I don't know if he would have jumped, but I got the impression that he was disappointed that he was not invited to join MLF last year.  As one of the top anglers in FLW it seemed to me like a strange omission, but it looks like MLF was more interested in gutting BASS than FLW.  In retrospect we see why.

He was invited to the MLF and he turned it down.  I don't know why there's this rumor that he didn't get invited and that he's upset about it.

 

*I just noticed someone else mentioned this as well.

29 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

I don't know why there's this rumor that he didn't get invited and that he's upset about it.

It was on one of his Youtube videos a year ago . He stated that he didnt get invited .

7 minutes ago, scaleface said:

It was on one of his Youtube videos a year ago . He stated that he didnt get invited .

Hmmm...  So, they invited him after that video?  I know he said it was later when he got the invite.

Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

Hmmm...  So, they invited him after that video?  I know he said it was later when he got the invite.

Maybe so .

On 11/27/2019 at 3:56 PM, scaleface said:

It was on one of his Youtube videos a year ago . He stated that he didnt get invited .

but he didnt get invited because he already verbally told his intentions to stay flw right before anyone had a chance to ask him. if hes already committed then why bother asking. 

He stated in a recent podcast that he was invited to the MLF, but not the very first round of invitations...but shortly after that.  He has no hard feelings about MLF, just wasn't the right timing.  He also stated that joining BASS has been on his mind for awhile, and the timing was right to do it this year.