[HereInTheHeartland]

“The felony is for theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars. “

The prize in a fishing contest is hundreds of thousands of dollars?! For a FISHING contest?
Wow .

People really need to get a life.

[mmichaels1970]

The prize in a fishing contest is hundreds of thousands of dollars?! For a FISHING contest?

That's a separate argument that can be made towards professional "sports" in general. Professional fishing is not new.

From what I've read, the first place take in this particular fishing contest was around $37k. Currently this particular contest is all they're currently getting charged for. However, they have been suspected of cheating in numerous events over the years which can easily tally up into the hundreds of thousands.

The fact remains that they entered a contest and cheated other honest and honorable competitors out of potential earnings.

We may think this particular sport is kind of dumb. I do. But the fact remains that a theft occurred.