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I get these calls
By djkimmel on May 29, 2009 | In Perspective, Ethics, Sportsmanship | 4 feedbacks »
Thank goodness this doesn't happen often, but I get these calls. They have a common theme and still happen too often. The last one went like this. "Hello Dan. Bob* here. Hey, I'm not super well known or anything and I didn't want to get a bad rep, but something happened to me during that last Big tournament and I need to talk to someone about it."
"I drew one of the top sticks in the event, but it didn't turn out quite like I hoped. Later in the day, this well-known, successful and popular boater started 'joking' with me about trading bass. He had a couple nice ones, but the rest were small. I had a couple nice bass too and he 'joked' that if I gave him my nice bass to weigh in with his, he'd get in the money. 'Hey... when you think about it, how would anyone know,' this well known popular angler says. 'Ha ha... we could split the money. Better than both of us getting nothing ha ha.' He says it like he's joking and of course we can't do it... but mentions again 'how would anyone ever know...'"
"It made me very uncomfortable because he kept bringing it up near the end of the day," continues Bob. "I didn't know what to do. I wanted to tell him to stop, but he's the well known, well liked boater, not me."
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