U could say since bbing is a "cult" with not many kids interested in it like a real sport like football, basketball, baseball, etc... I'm also willing to bet not many mentally sane people are willing to pin themselves boatloads of drugs everyday, every few hrs
Real athletes with real genetics are guys like usain bolt, Michael phelps, Kobe Bryant....
I'm willing to bet that if bbing is more mainstream with kids growing up wanting to take this "sport" up u would def see more flex wheelers and levrones but we all know that'll never happen
You're associating "real" genetics simply with the popularity of certain sports/venues (i.e. basketball, track, football, etc.).
Bodybuilding's lack of popularity isn't so much about steroids. It's about the concept that bodybuilders don't do anything with the muscles they have except pose and flex.
I'll give you a classic example. One of my best friends was a big wrestling fan, just like me, when we were kids. His favorite was the Ultimate Warrior; mine was Hulk Hogan. Big muscular wrestlers were cool to us.
In 1992, I went to his house to watch the WBF championship, since I didn't have cable at the time. I had to give his dad $15 to order the event. He watcked all of two minutes of the championship and bounced. Previously, he'd complained about all the WBF promos that were aired on WWF Superstars and Wrestling Challenge.
Bodybuilding was boring to him and he didn't see the point of it.
And, let's not forget about American Gladiators. There were top amateur men's bodybuilders and IFBB pro female bodybuilders who were the stars of that show, including....
Case in point: Billy Smith, the bodybuilder was basically unknown. As "Thunder", the American Gladiator, he was on TV every week for years.