We have set up a system to deal with Valid Complaints that ANY PAID ANGLER fishing the Big Hammer Challenge can file to dispute a catch during the 4 weeks of the Tournament.No Formal Complains will be accepted after the Tournament has ended.
1)Your complaints must have Validity and Proof.
2))There must be clear Evidence that a Rule has been broke
3)NO COMPLAINT WILL BE CONSIDERED AND BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE UNLESS IT IT FORMALLY FILED IN WRITING AND SENT US via email or Private message on this forum.
4)The FORMAL COMPLAINT MUST INCLUDE YOUR NAME ,TEAM NAME,ADDRESS AND A PHONE NUMBER WHERE WE CAN REACH YOU
5)TO FORMALLY PROTEST A CATCH -you must List the anglers name ,his Team name,the size of the shark in question and what page of the Leader Board the shark is posted on .You must indicate in your complaint what it is that was done wrong.
6) FORMAL COMPLAINTS should be sent to info@southfloridasharkclub.com or Private Message Will Fundora on this site's message board.
7)*In order for any Dispute to become AN OFFICIAL FORMAL COMPLAINT it must be accompanied with a $25 refundable payment (MONEY ORDER,Check or Cash in person)mailed to "South Florida Shark Club" c/o South Florida Shark Club - ADDRESS -10818 NW 6th CT Miami ,Fl 33168.
8)Once we have received your FORMAL WRITTEN COMPLAINT along with your $25 , the five men Tournament Committee listed below will take a vote to determine the FINAL DECISION at which time we will notify you.
SOME REASONS TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT
*If an angler releases a shark and it ends up dead on the beach the next day IT IS NOT grounds for DISQUALIFICATION -if the angler did everything in his power to SAFELY REVIVE and RELEASE THE SHARK-so please don't waste my time unless you have proof that the shark was intentionally killed or mistreated
*AN ANGLER MANIPULATING THE MEASURING TAPE TO MAKE A SHARK SEEM LARGER
*A REQUIRED PICTURE BEING MANIPULATED OR PHOTO SHOPPED
*BLATANT DISREGARD FOR SHARKS HEALTH SUCH AS A GAFFED SHARK,A SHARK LEFT TO DIE ON A BEACH
*AN ANGLER CHEATING BY ENTERING SHARKS CAUGHT ON HEAVY LINE ON THE 3 LINE CLASS CATEGORIES (Spinning,50lb and 80 lb)
*AN ANGLER OR TEAM PURPOSELY KILLING A SHARK
*SOMEONE NOT IN THE TOURNAMENT CATCHING A SHARK FOR A REGISTERED/PAID BHC PARTICPANT
*MORE THEN ONE PERSON FIGHTING A SHARK
We don't want a Formal Complaint filed based on rumors or gripes initiated by sour anglers who are maliciously trying to DEFAME another angler or a complete Team.
Down below please read the system in place to deal with these issues
PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO COME BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU ARE CLAIMING IS VALID AND A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE BIG HAMMER CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT RULES .PLEASE TYPE "FORMAL COMPLAINT" AT THE TOP OF YOUR PM TO ME , ALSO WRITE THE SHARK OR FISH THAT YOU ARE CONTESTING,THE PAGE OF THE BHC LEADER BOARD THAT THE SHARK APPEARS ON,DATE IT AND WRITE YOUR NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AND I WILL REVIEW THE COMPLAINT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IF I CANNOT RESOLVE THE MATTER QUICKLY THEN I WILL PRESENT THIS COMPLAINT TO THE 5 MAN PANEL AND WE WILL VOTE ON IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL ME (WILL) ON MY CEL AT ANY TIME 786-797-5712
We ask you that you respect the integrity of the BHC tournament and that any Formal Complaint be via a PM(private message).We would ask you to be courteous to other anglers in the BHC Tournament by keeping this complaint private and off the site Forum .This tournament is viewed by thousands of people during the BHC every year and we try and keep the negative commentary off the Forum to ensure a degree of respect and professional behavior among tournament anglers. As Tournament director I have the unsavory job of having to review each complaint sent our way and then to make a determination of it's veracity.Make sure your complaint is valid and we will review it as quickly as possible and send you a response quickly.If the Complaint cannot be quickly resolved then we will go to a Tournament Committee vote.The findings will be FINAL.
SOUTH FLORIDA SHARK CLUB -President SFSC-Founding Member est 1983 SFSC-Website Administrator BIG HAMMER SHARK TOURNAMENT -Founder Rene Memorial Sharkathon -Founder NMFS Shark Tagger