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Uh don't we have that already with the NCAA?

I haven't posted in this section in a while. I havent' been fishing as much as I used to over the past year after having our fourth child late last year. This summer I have made a few trips out to Bear Creek Reservoir in Northeast Ga and have been getting around twenty fish a day on mostly jigs and swimbaits. Here is a video I made showing how I have been catching most of the fish. I have been using a lot of different swimbaits but most have been on the Osprey top hook talons in the six and seven inch sizes. This is some fun fishing when you can get a bunch of fish eating the baits like this.

Sorry I use to love college football but before long they are going to have to start the Legal Division which has all the teams not on probation. Money has wrecked the sport. The SEC should just be called what it is, The minor leagues of the NFL where players are payed to play. The Big 12 is the big 2, everyone else is leaving because they can't hang with Texas or OU who are making money like they are professional teams. The BCS is going to screw any other team so good luck getting an even playing field I'm just sick and tired of having to wonder if the winning team is playing fair or are they going to get their title revoked in a few year Capt.O

I prefer to flip with fluoro, too. It's something that takes getting used to, and more training for your thumb. Unlike what Sam says, keep your spool as full as possible and increase your tension a bit. You'll still feel like line is running off a bit until you get used to it. I pitch all my jigs on 20lb Tatsu and wouldn't trade it for the world.

I have both koppers and spro and I wold say the spro walks better but koppers walks good to. I like the koppers better because its softer and I seem to get more hook sets with it. I cut about 1" off of the legs to help my frogs walk a little better and I dont have any complaints yet about the koppers. I would say 90% of my bites when frogging come while it is sitting on the pause so it doesn't really seem to matter so much where I fish. Maybe if you constantly walk it 100% of the time a spro might be better. I mainly go about 1-2' at a time and pause or pause when I hit open pockets.

If you pay football players you have to pay all athletes. With 140 plus athletes on scholaship at any one time you can see the financial impact on a university. And the smaller schools will not be able to foot the bill. College football is a proving ground for the NFL. College football players have to play through their junior year and basketball players can go pro at any time. This is America so who can blame them for taking the money? Not me. I am glad for everyone of them. There are a lot of "jock sniffers" who want the vicarious thrill of being around college and pro athletes and will do what they want to make friends with the players. Happens in high school, too. No way to get rid of them unless there are state or federal laws against their practices and they go to jail. And if the cheating coaches face legal problems; are banned from coaching for "X" years; or go to jail the cheating would stop. Some schools do not bar alumni and fans from the campus or teams after they are caught cheating. I don't want to point fingers but Bama is one of the schools that has allowed this practice to continue. When the AD stays at a boosters home or allows a booster into the pressbox or locker room the school is asking for trouble. This has been documented by Paul Finebaum on his radio show. Many students come from poor backgrounds and the money, cars, women, clothes, jewelry, housing and trips are too much to pass up. We all would probably do the same if we were in their shoes. You must also realize that a small percentage of players break the rules but it reflects on all athletes which is a shame. With all of the above college football is a fantastic sport and I love watching the games.

I still have my Mitchell Copperhead combo from like 18 years ago. At the time I felt I had a great combo that gave me confidence and all for $39. My 6 year old uses it today and loves it. I don't post that much because I am a more diehard saltwater fisherman and any knowledge of freshwater I leave to those who know more. One of the reasons I do enjoy reading this site is it seems to be a hell of a lot less corrupted by internet arrogance than other hobbyist forums. We should try and keep it that way. For many people a hobby shouldnt be like a crack addict chasing a better high. Not everyone needs the best of the best of the best to enjoy themselves.

Let's not kid ourselves. What happened at Ohio State, Miami, and USC happens at ALL major football & basketball universities. It is happening right now in some form at your favorite university. It was going on at Akron back in the 80's and they were division 2. The biggest difference is the idiots who so completely go overboard and when caught, they have not been smart enough to maintain "plausible deniability". Take John Calipari...GREAT coach, GREAT RECRUITER, fills the stands, and when he leaves, the universities have to pull down all the banners of their success. Yet, he himself has never been proven to have done anything wrong...plausible deniability. The coaches...except for maybe Joe Paterno, HAVE to not only win, but win big, AND fill the stands...every game. It is not about football, or basketball, or even winning really,,, it is all about the MONEY.

Top level college football is a great sport. But, sooner or later, it is going to have to be recognized for what it is. It's a business. It's a BIG business. Everybody involved makes a great deal of money. Except the players. There's a reason the football coach makes ten times the salary of the best professor on campus. Football brings in a tremendous amount of money. I think it's about time some of that money gets into the hands of the people who really make it happen; the players. It's not like they aren't already being paid to be there. Let's not be hypocritical about it. What the heck do you think a football scholarship is? The NFL is not interested in trying to establish a "farm" system. It already has an excellent no cost farm system. It's called the SEC, or Big 12, or Big 10, or........