The Classic is returning (again) to Tulsa and Grand Lake next year.
MLF is bringing its weirdly named "Redcrest" championship to B'ham (Lay) and H'sv (Guntersvlle) the next two years.
I would hazard a guess the Classic returns to Bham within the next few years. BASS has boxed themselves into a spring window that precludes going north, and the west doesn't care. The same places in the Southeast keep getting it because they put up the money.
I'd guess G has a couple of years left before retiring from the water. The travel and beatings from the water take a toll.
What the hell is Redcrest?