I personally think that the weigh ins should be held immediately at take out in order to get the fish released back as quickly and in as good of shape as possible. I don’t care for MLF but I do like their immediate release of fish and agree it’s definitely better than keeping them in a livewell all day waiting to weigh in. I’ve fished a bunch of big 150+ boat tournaments with a lot of those being in Florida. I’m specifically mentioning those because most had the weigh ins immediately adjacent or very close to take out. Most were “true lakes” in non-moving/no current situations. In other words, there was no current to carry dead fish away from the release points. Most launch and release areas were weed and pad choked with fairly long idle zones that would’ve held the fish in view. If a high percentage of fish were dying within 48 hrs of release, those launch areas would’ve been littered with floaters on subsequent tournament days. I’ve never seen it. One or two here and there yes, massive numbers like some are quoting, no. It just didn’t happen or the evidence would’ve been there for all to see. I think you’re way high at estimating that 50% die. I’m also in agreement that tournaments create pressure and educate fish. Best way to combat that is to abandon community holes and the banks and learn to find and fish non obvious offshore stuff that others don’t. I’m like Swindle in that I love to get up on the bank and junk fish obvious shallow water cover. It’s how I started out fishing and what in learned growing up. I still love to do it, but at the same time, once I learned to trust my electronics and target the non obvious stuff, deeper and offshore, I got a whole lot more consistent in putting quality fish in the boat. And just for the record, I still fish a good bit but do it recreationally for fun and I haven’t fished a tournament in probably 10 yrs.