RALEIGH — The crew of the fishing charter boat Citation landed a record 880-pound marlin in one of the country's richest deep-sea fishing tournaments, but the fight continues for the $910,000 prize.
The boat was disqualified from the 2010 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament because its Virginia-based first mate did not have a North Carolina fishing license when the fish was hooked.
The N.C. Supreme Court heard an attorney for the boat's owners argue Tuesday the tournament unfairly picked one unclear rule that didn't effect competition.
The tournament's attorney said unless contest rules are enforced nothing could prevent a crew from shooting fish with a rifle.
The high court also weighs whether a local judge should have decided the case since his former law partner and vacation buddy represented the second-place boat.
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Rules are Rules
If the team didn't follow the rules then it shouldn't win the prize. End of discussion.
Rules are there to make a contest fair and to conform with state laws. Not only did they break the rules, perhaps the unlicensed team member should face the appropriate fine.
The bigger lesson is actually quite Biblical. People live their lives thinking they are good enough to please God. God says that all have sinned and come short of His Glory. God can say this because he know's mankind and the inability of mankind to please Him on their own.
It's not the big sins that sink a man, it's the small one's that he rationalizes and says, it doesn't matter. God says it does matter.
Jesus paid the price to pay the penalty for the smallest sin. The penalty for the smallest sin is eternal separation from God.
In this tournament, the smallest infraction of the rules may cost the team the greatest prize possible.
In our lives, the greatest prize is a relationship with God.
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