This does not surprise me.
After the bass tournament incident I had on the Nav Channel a couple months ago, my opinion of bass guys went way down. (from a really low spot to start with)
I was catfishing/jugging from kayak and these morons had cut loose upstream in their small-penis compensation boats. After dang near getting run over that AM, many of them caused havoc for other people in the cove nearby. (no wake zone, kids playing) Bass boyz flew in, full speed, played with their worms a minute, sped off.
I freaking hate laws and regulations - but I'd like to see the guys that sanction these events take safety (if not manners) seriously.
This kayak dude cheating (WTF) is an example of how these "sportsmen" lose sight of what's important.
Rant off. (FWIW, I do fish for bass occasionally, but just for fun)