Oi! Mike! I never said anything of the sort - my assertion is that the manufacturers and lofts give this "special equipment" to guys like that because they're good. Who in the back of the fleet can give better assessment of an incremental improvement?

Anyway, to make the point again - when looking at how boats stack up at an event like this, I tend to take some guys out of the standings simply because they're pro or near-pro status and are likely to have things on the boat that you wouldn't get stock from a dealer. That's all.