I really get a chuckle at the people putting their support behind Wayne and the PDI. These people are clueless as to Wayne's own history and how condescending he was to "his" athletes when he was in charge if the IFBB. He was largely responsible for holding the athletes back while he took a salary of more that $300k a year. Yet the athletes had to pay their expenses to the shows. Hmmmm. There were also allegedly underhanded dealings with show promoters.
Sure the IFBB isn’t perfect. And the only guy working his ass off to make things better the athletes (Bob Cicherillo) gets accused of being a puppet for Jim Manion. Show me one person that has even tried to accomplish anything for bodybuilding as Bob has. Oh that’s right I forgot… there isn’t one person that can be named.
Right, because the industry has conditioned them not to try. That's why whenever Bob does or initiates anything - no matter how small in scope - his 'constituents' (for lack of a better term) have nothing at all to say about it.
Some might refer to that as 'failure to strive' (resulting in a failure to thrive, eh?).
You do have to give Bob credit for at least being willing to be vocal about
anything at all. That's a welcome first step. Now, he needs help from his fellow competitors in deciding what sort of procedural changes should be implemented with respect to initiating or modifying IFBB policies that are athlete-specific.
I think there's a real disconnect here because no one in his camp really knows how things should be set up, nor is there an IFBB 'athletes only' website where they can communicate about it. So, anything brought to light here on GetBig ends up being shouted down my naysayers or diluted with fluff by the fluffers.
With regards to Wayne, are you claiming that his $300,000 salary was paid by the IFBB, or was that what he earned as a result of successful promotion of the IFBB events he promoted?