Reply From Heartland

[captmac]

The the top two big bass winners from the UBA tournament was invited to participate in the championship. Tracker boat company was the ones wanting this and it was agreed upon over a year ago. They were trying to generate more exposure for their product. And without them there would be no tournament circuit.

This is the reply I recieved from Mr. Haggard, make sense ,ya gotta do what ya gotta do

[getfished]

The the top two big bass winners from the UBA tournament was invited to participate in the championship. Tracker boat company was the ones wanting this and it was agreed upon over a year ago. They were trying to generate more exposure for their product. And without them there would be no tournament circuit.

This is the reply I recieved from Mr. Haggard, make sense ,ya gotta do what ya gotta do

Good work captmac, It's just like I thought and I won't elaborate but they haven't done anything to attract me to a tracker boat, ha ha.

I don't have near as much hesitancy to speak to Tracker Marine and Boat Co. Now I just need to decide whether to do it by phone, email or snail mail.

Things just keep getting curioser and curioser.

How do you say it? You just got to do what you got to do.!

GETFISHED !!!

[captmac]

Bottom line wins again, that said, why are we worried about teams that can only catch ONE fish,I put sugar on those words in case I have to eat them. ha ha ha ha

[Hogfan]

Thanks captmac. You should reply to Ralph and ask him to refraise his last sentence which stated "And without them there would be no tournament circuit." The way I see it without the the fisherman who donate their hard earned time and money there would be NO tournament circuit nor would there be a Bass Pro Shops or Tracker Marine. This is an industry driven by fisherman and outdoorsman and without us they've got nothing. You can find another sponsor but you can't find another 300 anglers as loyal as the heartland members they've got now.

That being said, I understand a business decision had to be made in the best interest of Heartland and for all of us, but I still think they could have went about this a different way. Like I said on another post, give them free entry's to next years team events and let them qualify the same way we all do.

One last thing....I have nothing against those who qualified and wish them the best of luck!

[getfished]

Thanks captmac. You should reply to Ralph and ask him to refraise his last sentence which stated "And without them there would be no tournament circuit." The way I see it without the the fisherman who donate their hard earned time and money there would be NO tournament circuit nor would there be a Bass Pro Shops or Tracker Marine. This is an industry driven by fisherman and outdoorsman and without us they've got nothing. You can find another sponsor but you can't find another 300 anglers as loyal as the heartland members they've got now.

That being said, I understand a business decision had to be made in the best interest of Heartland and for all of us, but I still think they could have went about this a different way. Like I said on another post, give them free entry's to next years team events and let them qualify the same way we all do.

One last thing....I have nothing against those who qualified and wish them the best of luck!

Hogfan, I couldn't have said it any better. The guys that qualified were just taking advantage of what was in front of em.

Even if I don't like it, that's not the issue. The issue is to find a more equitable reward without alienating the other 300 fishermen.

GETFISHED !!!