Bassmaster College Series National Championship

[Gulo Blue]

We have a Fishing Team! And they're having a good year!

https://seas.umich.edu/news/u-m-fishing-team-compete-bassmaster-college-series-national-championship

 

[tinselwolverine]

Nice!

Not listed on the AD website as a varsity sport, but whateves.

Go Blue!

 

[Michchamp]

there's also a rifle team... or was. looks like that site hasn't been updated since 1999. I was in college then!

 

[Gulo Blue]

Nice!

Not listed on the AD website as a varsity sport, but whateves.

Go Blue!

I see the ads on the jerseys and it reminds me of the solar car team. So they count!

 

[tinselwolverine]

I see the ads on the jerseys and it reminds me of the solar car team. So they count!

I went to an event in Pasadena once that was something about the solar car team. I don?t know if that was an annual ongoing thing or not. It was years ago.

 

[Michchamp]

I see the ads on the jerseys and it reminds me of the solar car team. So they count!

kinda curious what the athletes "amateur status" is with all those ads.

I gather from the name the tournament is a marketing promotion with an athletic contest tacked on, but presumably the University licensed our logo for it.

 

[Michchamp]

Maybe someone who's a more proficient fisherman than me can answer this question I've always had about competitive fishing but never cared to look it up: How do fishing contests work to make it a game of skill rather than luck?

Like presumably there are better spots than others to fish at. Assuming all participants are competent fishermen, is the outcome really determined by who can identify the best place on the lake to fish?

What if the best fishing spot is obvious to all participants? is it just a race to get to it first?

 

[tinselwolverine]

kinda curious what the athletes "amateur status" is with all those ads.

I gather from the name the tournament is a marketing promotion with an athletic contest tacked on, but presumably the University licensed our logo for it.

It?s not an NCAA event.

They?re not NCAA athletes.

Their status is irrelevant.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Maybe someone who's a more proficient fisherman than me can answer this question I've always had about competitive fishing but never cared to look it up: How do fishing contests work to make it a game of skill rather than luck?

Like presumably there are better spots than others to fish at. Assuming all participants are competent fishermen, is the outcome really determined by who can identify the best place on the lake to fish?

What if the best fishing spot is obvious to all participants? is it just a race to get to it first?

Isn?t there a luck in real sports?

 

[thewolverines24]

kinda curious what the athletes "amateur status" is with all those ads.

I gather from the name the tournament is a marketing promotion with an athletic contest tacked on, but presumably the University licensed our logo for it.

All the ad money goes to the school and NCAA....because reasons.

 

[Michchamp]

All the ad money goes to the school and NCAA....because reasons.

The reason being GREED?

Hey, did you ever read that Walter Byers' (head of the NCAA from the 50's to the 80's) book?

I finally started it last week, and am about 1/3 of the way through. It has been... illuminating. I was going to start a separate thread on it when I finish. all these stories... how MSU actually joined the Big Ten, how the SMU scandal went down, how the SEC & southern schools were always driving the race to the bottom, etc.

It's eye opening how many coaching legends got where they are by landing recruits through paying under-the-table, and how much a parasite college sports are on universities (contrary to their claims of being self-sufficient)

 

[byco42]

Clearly, the Huron is superior to the Red Cedar or Olentangy in regard to fishing.

 

[Michchamp]

Clearly, the Huron is superior to the Red Cedar or Olentangy in regard to fishing.

It's definitely cleaner.

 

[Michchamp]

Isn?t there a luck in real sports?

Yeah, but there's luck, like "the fumble bounced right to our guy" and then there's "luck" like "we got all the calls after luckily buying the refs before the game."

I'm wondering where winning fishing performances come in.

 

[byco42]

Yeah, but there's luck, like "the fumble bounced right to our guy" and then there's "luck" like "we got all the calls after luckily buying the refs before the game."

I'm wondering where winning fishing performances come in.

I can think on one specifically.

 

[Michchamp]

I can think on one specifically.

Which one?

A while back, like maybe as far back as the old espn.com board days, I remember an article about pro fishing, where a bunch of pros were criticising a more redneck fishing pro, for recklessly revving his boat where they were fishing to drive away fish. apparently that was a breach of decorum.

Seemed like a smart strategy to me... what was stopping them from responding in kind? he wasn't taking advantage of something no one else could do: be the first to land a fish, then make so much commotion nobody else catches anything all day.

but I have no idea how fishing contests work, I guess. It seems unusual to me there could be any remaining areas where corporate money pours in, and yet they still respect some sort of "gentlemen's agreements"

 

[byco42]

Which one?

Luke Chapter 5: 1-10. Link

 

[Michchamp]

Luke Chapter 5: 1-10. Link

that's socialism

 

[byco42]

Which one?

that's socialism

Enacted by which government? And, besides, His Kingdom is not of this world.

 

[Michchamp]

Enacted by which government? And, besides, His Kingdom is not of this world.

don't matter.

all those people aren't going to learn to fish now. he created a generation of loafers.