Touring Anglers Association $300K for 1st

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Touring Anglers Association, LLC
Non-profit organization

TAA Mission
Touring Anglers Association is a non-profit Christian belief-based fishing tournament designed to dramatically reduce tournament costs and significantly increase winnings for anglers. Our mission is to offer anglers a fishing tournament that pays out the maximum cash prizes. The world’s largest performance-based cash earnings.

TAA Philosophy
TAA’s philosophy is to create a simple old-fashioned fishing tournament for the fishermen by the fisherman.

Tournament operations will require anglers to participate in tournament logistics. Contribution from the anglers is imperative for the success of this tournament as we will have no staff.

TAA tournaments will be scheduled on weekdays intending to avoid conflicting with other tournaments. This tournament is meant to be a supplemental tournament.

This format will eliminate overhead costs resulting in more earnings as well as strengthen comradery among anglers.

This tournament organization will not be managing the money. TAA will hire an accounting firm to collect and disperse prize money.

This tournament is intended for touring anglers, not necessarily for local anglers or guides.

Sponsors will not be included in the first tournament. If the first tournament shows signs of success, TAA will try to negotiate a substantial sponsorship in which 100% of the proceeds will be put into the prize money.
More info at their site. touringanglersassociation.com/


https://www.fishermanswarehouse.com

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Eliminate overhead costs by requesting anglers to participate in tournament logistics normally conducted by tournament staff.

TAA will have NO employees. Some of the business needs of TAA tournament work will be outsourced to service organizations thus eliminating employees.

Sponsors will not be included in the first tournament. If the tournament is successful, all future events will negotiate only substantial tournament Sponsorship opportunities. 100% of sponsor money gained will go towards the prize money.

TAA will eliminate the practice to reduce travel expenses and time away from jobs and families.

Outsourced Format Include:
By outsourcing work, minimal costs will come out of the entry fees. Any remaining money goes to the payout.

Outsourced Roles:
CPA: An accounting firm will manage the money. Money will be collected and paid back by an outsourced service. 1099’s will be issued. All financials will be public and transparent.

https://touringanglersassociation.com/

Weigh Master

Tournament Director

Insurance

Media: A media company will edit down all the videos and publish them on the website. (Tech setup may not be available until the second tournament).

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No Scope Event Format:
No Information Period Rule: There will be 15-day off-limits for all contestants. To police the “No Information Period Rule” and to try to stop the buying of information, all Angler’s GPS units will be restricted to only waypoints created during the ride around and tournament days. This will strictly be enforced and reviewed by tournament staff. All anglers are strictly prohibited from buying, selling, or bartering for information, or dots. Anglers are allowed to share information with other contestants after the tournament has been initiated. (Waypoints are prohibited on any mobile device).
No Practice Allowed: Instead of a practice round, there will be a 3 to 4-hour ride around the lake the Monday before the tournament. No fishing is allowed during the ride around.
Participation: All anglers will participate in the first 2 days. The 3rd day is cut down to twelve boats. The final twelve anglers will ride with an observer or an eliminated angler.
Weigh and Stay: Anglers are requested to weigh their fish and remain onsite to help with any potential tournament logistics that may arise. There will be no stage interviews to reduce weigh-in time and boost comradery amongst anglers.
Equipment Restrictions: The following equipment MUST be REMOVED from the boat before the ride around and endorsed by tournament staff that items are removed:
Live scope
Forward-facing sonar
360 imaging transducer