At least one of the winners in the 2017 WMO has also not passed a polygraph examination and has been subjected to a second round of exams, the results of which are not yet known. WMO officials have not named the angler who did not pass his initial polygraph exam following the tournament. Per tournament rules, any angler who wins more than $50,000 in prize money is subjected to the exams. In the 2017 event, a total of nine anglers won in excess of $50,000 including the top three white marlin, five different tunas and the top dolphin.
WMO officials released a statement this weekend explaining the process and post-tournament protocols and the necessity for maintaining the sanctity of the tournament.
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This will never end. GoPro's, videos, drones, whatever - no, this will never ever end. Can't go fishing anymore without something.
Time to cancel this tournament. It's run it's course.
Someone could catch one somewhere else and bring it to them couldn't they?
For God's sake... a GoPro on every boat facing aft. Problem solved.
Get 2, in case one goes down.
No lie, the polygraph issue is truly giving WMO a false sense of true behavior!
Hooks,Lies and Alibis
@3:40
I have a friend who has friends in Florida who brag about bringing up fish from Florida and checking them into the WMO contest.
Polygraphs are not permissible is criminal cases for a reason. Fake science.
Who wants to even be in the tournament if this crap persists
Throw Out Polygraph crap or it will suffer ..........
Put a Frigg'in Official on every damn boat to watch them
The Bus Masters of Ocean City Gov could watch all boats
from their control center on the boardwalk !!!!
8:14, yes, with that much money at stake, it becomes affordable.
375 friggin' officials?
Too much money brings out the crooks
DRP
the wmo pays out what 3, 4 or maybe 5 mil. how much do they take in maybe 8, 10 or 12 mil? they can afford to have cameras or even officials on every boat! it's always about the money!
The entire operation is loosing credibility.
Its time has passed. Too much money involved.
Maury Povich to Rick Meehan:
"You are.... NOT the White Marlin Capitol of the World"
Easy to solve: Change the time the fish report to school!
call the Bus masters !!!!
Put a volunteer from the tournament on every boat, and do away with this stupid lie detector test. I'm sure that they can find people for pure entertainment to participate as monitors. They could signal the docks when the boats are in position and drop their lines to begin each day. Let's not turn this event into one that is suspect and not fair.
Guess they are all going to have to start wearing body cameras so they can be trusted.
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