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2008 Teams Rules Anglers
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100% BASS – Special Mercury WRL Rules for 2008 1) Participants and Eligibility: No team or individual will be allowed to fish if they individually or collectively have won more than $4000 and finished in the top 10 in the points race during a given season. Money won from the back seat of a Pro/Am event does not count towards an individual winnings. Also, any team that is found to be a highly qualified team based on points races (top 5 in the angler of the year races) of any other circuit may be asked to fish at the regular team level and not participate in the WRL events. Final decision of all contestants being allowed to participate will be at the tournament directors’ discretion. 2) Eligibility – Any angler who has qualified for any Pro Championship (100% BASS, B.A.S.S., F.L.W.,EVERSTART, WESTERN BASS, or W.O.N.) in the past 10 years is ineligible to fish as an amateur on the 100% BASS tour. 3) Boat and Motors:
each event will be divided into horsepower divisions. Each division will
compete only within their own division. 4) Start of Tournament:
A random draw will be done to determine the starting boat in each Division, 5) Limit – During all WRL events, teams will only weigh in 5 fish for the days catch. 6) Trophies and Awards:
Payback for all events will be in cash and will be based on a 1 in 5 format with
trophies going to the top 5 7) Participation in both Future and regular team events. As long as a team meets the requirement for the WRL they may participate in both the Regular teams and the WRL events. When these events fall on the the same day and the same lake, A team will be permitted to have 5 fish in the live wells. Allowing them to weigh in for both events. 8) TOC: The TOC will be a separate event, to be held at the end of the season, in conjunction with the regular team where the WRL anglers are eligible to win the boat given away to the overall winner of the event. All other WRL money will be kept separate. A minimum of 30 teams in the Large Boat category and the top 5 in the Small Boat category will Qualify for the TOC. 100% BASS reserves the right to invite more teams based upon participation levels during the season. The TOC will be funded by a 25% holdback of the payout at each tournament throughout the regular season. Qualifying will be based on the best 4 out of 6 events fished with 2 through outs. Team fishing more than 4 events will keep the 5 show up points on throw out events. 9) Prizes award during all WRL Events require the winners to be present at the awards. Winners not present at the awards ceremony will forfeit any and all prizes selected for them. This does not include money won as a results of placement in the tournament. Raffle prizes such as Powell Rods and Sponsor gifts require contestants to be wearing WRL Hats to receive prizes. Any prizes not awarded during a specific event will be carried over and awarded at the WRL Team championship. |