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Title: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Spicy Shushi on November 27, 2006, 03:13:07 PM
The Weider camp seems to be asleep at the wheel. MD just signed Toney Freeman on top of Dennis Wolf, Marcus Ruhl and Desmond Miller.

http://www.musculardevelopment.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: torquemada on November 27, 2006, 03:32:08 PM
They dropped the ball.  Freeman is what a bodybuilder's supposed to look like...
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: youandme on November 27, 2006, 03:35:13 PM
No marketability
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Rudee on November 27, 2006, 04:31:03 PM
No marketability

And a pair of the goofiest eyebrows in the sport.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: flexingtonsteele on November 27, 2006, 04:48:52 PM
Maybe the best physique ever on a 6'2 inch frame.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: bigdumbbell on November 27, 2006, 05:24:54 PM
And a pair of the goofiest eyebrows in the sport.

that's gotta be the gayest thing i've read all day
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Spicy Shushi on November 27, 2006, 05:59:09 PM
Weider was after Branch Warren and lost out as Branch signs with MD...
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: nycbull on November 27, 2006, 06:18:12 PM
I am sure its racial.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Monster_Everything on November 27, 2006, 06:24:31 PM
that pec tear will keep him from the O....FACT hahahaahahahaha
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: carvedoutofwood on November 27, 2006, 06:31:17 PM
Maybe the best physique ever on a 6'2 inch frame.


maybe, how tall was dillet.... ide say he looked AS good as toney.... but the guys 40 right.... weider was smart not to sign him... weider would be better off getting guys that will be around for a while... hedge their bets.... not to mention, who likes old guys?.. its one of the main problems with the sport in general... they gotta pick up dave Henry... keep phil etc... maybe jason huh
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Stark on November 27, 2006, 06:33:06 PM
Weider fucking up will always put a smile on my face :D
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: getfast81 on November 27, 2006, 07:21:54 PM
Awesome for Freeman. True XMan.  But I'll say it again FucK Muscular Development.  Weider/AMI did fall asleep at the wheel   on this one.  They will combat it with the ten millionth "Johnnie Jackson Worlds Strongest Bodybuilder complete workout/supplement/meal" spread and cover.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: onlyme on November 27, 2006, 07:28:38 PM
Cutting Back on Sponsorships
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: profreeman on November 27, 2006, 07:45:41 PM
I'd Like to thank MD,the IFBB, and the Fans For the support. I had a great year and plan on an even better 2007. Signing with MD is just the beginning. I also signed with HeadBlade and a construction company.(so much for not being marketable) I'm saving the really big news for Jan. I'm already hard at work to make sure I'm the MOST IMPROVED BB of the year AGAIN!!


THE XMAN
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: carvedoutofwood on November 27, 2006, 07:54:05 PM
I'd Like to thank MD,the IFBB, and the Fans For the support. I had a great year and plan on an even better 2007. Signing with MD is just the beginning. I also signed with HeadBlade and a construction company.(so much for not being marketable) I'm saving the really big news for Jan. I'm already hard at work to make sure I'm the MOST IMPROVED BB of the year AGAIN!!


THE XMAN

nice to have you here toney
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: GoneAway on November 27, 2006, 07:55:10 PM
Good luck Toney! Keep working hard.  ;D
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: dknole on November 27, 2006, 08:00:55 PM
Congrats Toney!

Welcome to MD

Doug Kalman
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Chick on November 27, 2006, 08:08:18 PM
Toney is a big scary looking black dude so I'm not sure how well he will sell to a mainstream audience.  He's also 40.  That all said, I would definitely read his articles.  There is a niche audience that does want to hear advice from seasoned pros.  Plus, when has bodybuilder ever appealed to the mainstream?

Toney doesn't have to appeal to the mainstream to be successful...he has to apppeal to the BB and fitness industry.

Congrats on all your success this past year, big man...'07 just may be the year of the X-Man!
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Stark on November 27, 2006, 08:27:39 PM
I'd Like to thank MD,the IFBB, and the Fans For the support. I had a great year and plan on an even better 2007. Signing with MD is just the beginning. I also signed with HeadBlade and a construction company.(so much for not being marketable) I'm saving the really big news for Jan. I'm already hard at work to make sure I'm the MOST IMPROVED BB of the year AGAIN!!


THE XMAN

awesome to have you on board Tony  :)
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: candidate2025 on November 27, 2006, 09:08:32 PM
brutal pec tear. hahaha. hey toney when are you going to start actually training, you big drug dependant bitch??!!!




 ;D ;D


yo im just kidding with you bro..good physique. but i think your taper is a bit overrated...its good but definitely not the best x frame in the sport. melvin, dexter, and a couple others got you beat.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: SWOLETRAIN on November 28, 2006, 12:09:25 AM
TONEY FREEMAN is the shit. Hungry like a mother..... MD = downhill since canning LEE!!! that was the only reason i suscribe. I fuckin hate Valentino and that reject David henry
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: nycbull on November 28, 2006, 05:23:29 AM
True...but Gunter did get seven FLEX covers over the years and three with M&F, and it's hard to deny that his looks didn't play a role.  And if that is Weider's prerogative, that's that.  Whatever sells more magazines I guess.  Toney is about the same height as Gunter and as far as I'm concerned carries his mass better (smaller waist), but didn't get the press Gunter did.  I've always found Weider mags to sway more towards pretty white boys and MD was more about displaying the freaks as top priority.  Rich Gaspari got his share of press back in the day - same with Gary Strydom.

well in the fashion industry there is a saying "black on top sales drop". It is sad but true for many magazines.  Bodybuilding although considered by some a sport is still very much about looks and image.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: bigdumbbell on November 28, 2006, 03:37:50 PM
when wasn't bodybuilding about looks and image?
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: Azure on November 28, 2006, 08:51:00 PM
He would DEFINITELY do well mainstream-wise.

He is a very nice looking man and women go crazy over that dark and bald look.

Maybe I should just seak for myself  ;D

In all seriousness though, I think he would definitely be alright in mainstream as long as he is not in contest shape.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: adipo8 on November 29, 2006, 07:55:55 AM
that pec tear will keep him from the O....FACT hahahaahahahaha

Pec Tear?
Hmmm... He placed higher at his 1st O then the 6 people in front of him. They give him respect - time for you to fall in line. TRUE STORY

Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: fathead on November 29, 2006, 08:00:49 AM
He would DEFINITELY do well mainstream-wise.

He is a very nice looking man and women go crazy over that dark and bald look.

Maybe I should just seak for myself  ;D

In all seriousness though, I think he would definitely be alright in mainstream as long as he is not in contest shape.

Bodybuilding and mainstream don't belong in the same sentence together
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: adipo8 on November 29, 2006, 08:03:19 AM

maybe, how tall was dillet.... ide say he looked AS good as toney.... but the guys 40 right.... weider was smart not to sign him... weider would be better off getting guys that will be around for a while... hedge their bets.... not to mention, who likes old guys?.. its one of the main problems with the sport in general... they gotta pick up dave Henry... keep phil etc... maybe jason huh

 5 Year rest and probably one the healthiest bodybuilders. He takes better care of himself and presents himself as a professional all year round. Bodybuilding is about perserving the body - remember  Vincent Taylor is 50 and was not put into the "too old " GROUP . So watch for additional changes and improvements and see if what happens...TRUE STORY
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: adipo8 on November 29, 2006, 08:07:02 AM
brutal pec tear. hahaha. hey toney when are you going to start actually training, you big drug dependant bitch??!!!




 ;D ;D


yo im just kidding with you bro..good physique. but i think your taper is a bit overrated...its good but definitely not the best x frame in the sport. melvin, dexter, and a couple others got you beat.


wow - DO NOT KNOW WHICH ONE WAS A JOKE -  the first part or the second. My seats at the O must of been too close ... because Melvin and Dexter do relaize the big man is a HUGE version of what they are trying to maintain.

Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: MADMAX6 on November 29, 2006, 08:40:58 AM
Toney is a good guy, good for him, it's always nice when the guys can make more money.
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: HUGEPECS on November 29, 2006, 09:24:50 AM
Godamn, Toney. I'm Happy for you Bro. Best of Luck in 07'
Title: Re: MD signs Toney Freeman - Weider asleep?
Post by: dknole on November 29, 2006, 09:44:37 AM
Toney - how can you stand to be in the weird VPx ads? Geesh, they do nothing for the industry image and probably nothing for yours as well..Just say NO...shotgun...