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added to the prize for the annual Classic Tournament.5
Petitioners award the remaining $36 as tournament prizes in the
regional tournament in which it is collected: $5 of that amount
is awarded to the couple catching the largest bass, and $31 is
allocated to a fund for general tournament prizes. Petitioner
wife prepares an expense report for Mr. Taylor at the end of each
tournament.
During the years in issue, petitioners routinely awarded
regional tournament prizes of approximately $300 to $400. CAST,
itself, awarded an annual prize of approximately $14,000 during
the yearend Classic Tournament.6
During the time petitioner has worked as western region
director, CAST has grown from three to eight regions with more
than 400 member couples, of whom 38 couples are members of
petitioner’s western region.
In addition, CAST tournaments have also begun to attract
several nationally recognized corporate sponsors, including
Ranger Boats, Mercury Marine, Continental Batteries, Santone Lure
Company, and Terminator lures. In 1995, Ranger Boats, one of
CAST’s corporate sponsors, began providing CAST with fishing
5 Member couples also pay $135 to compete in the annual
Classic Tournament.
6 The top prize is usually based on a percentage of all
tournament fees collected by CAST. In 1995, however, the top
prize was a Ranger fishing boat and trailer provided by Ranger
Boats and valued at approximately $35,000.
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