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Title: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: alexxx on March 19, 2007, 06:26:23 PM: Which other sport requires it's participants to pay an entrance fee?
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: The True Adonis on March 19, 2007, 06:27:11 PM: Car Racing is VERY expensive.
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: alexxx on March 19, 2007, 06:29:06 PM: I mean to actually step foot onstage.
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: noc on March 19, 2007, 06:34:00 PM: Some people like Vince and Billy guns should pay to go on stage...as a compensation package for the audience. They get to laugh at them i suppose ::)
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: pumpher on March 19, 2007, 06:35:28 PM: Are you talking at the pro or amateur level?

I pay fees for my soccer league, hockey league etc...
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: alexxx on March 19, 2007, 06:42:46 PM: I see. I just think that athletes shouldn't have to pay for competing. I think promoters should pay for at least something or at least bust a little their asses to get the prize money higher then what most shmoes carry in their pockets.
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: Lee_a_priest on March 19, 2007, 07:15:40 PM: Quote from: alexxx on March 19, 2007, 06:26:23 PM
Which other sport requires it's participants to pay an entrance fee?

IN PROS NONE I AM KNOW OF........DOES BONDS PAY TO GO AND HIT THE BALL OR KOBE TO DUNK WHO KNOWS ...MAYBE SOMEONE WHO FOLLOWS ALL SPORTS WILL KNOW
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: Chick on March 19, 2007, 07:18:24 PM: Quote from: Lee_a_priest on March 19, 2007, 07:15:40 PM
IN PROS NONE I AM KNOW OF........DOES BONDS PAY TO GO AND HIT THE BALL OR KOBE TO DUNK WHO KNOWS ...MAYBE SOMEONE WHO FOLLOWS ALL SPORTS WILL KNOW

Different sport...as you're fond of pointing out, Lee...we don't get paid by our federation(s), thus we pay to be in the club....if we were paid ala the NFL, MLB, etc....of couse you wouldn't pay to be in the club, you would be paying with their money.
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: Lee_a_priest on March 19, 2007, 07:19:43 PM: Quote from: Chick on March 19, 2007, 07:18:24 PM
Different sport...as you're fond of pointing out, Lee...we don't get paid by our federation(s), thus we pay to be in the club....if we were paid ala the NFL, MLB, etc....of couse you wouldn't pay to be in the club, you would be paying with their money.

SO WHYIF WE ARE PAYING MEMEBRS OF THIS CLUB WE DONT GET TO VOTE ON WHO SITS ON THE BOARD..AND STUFF LIKE THAT...MORE PROS HAVE PAID MORE THEN THEY HAVE WON TO BE IN THIS CLUB..
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on March 19, 2007, 07:22:15 PM: Quote from: alexxx on March 19, 2007, 06:26:23 PM
Which other sport requires it's participants to pay an entrance fee?

Most major sports have player unions....the answer is YES
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: knny187 on March 19, 2007, 07:23:18 PM: Bodybuilding is not a sport...it's a beauty pageant at best.

With that being said...yes. Look at most beauty pageants or hell...a dog show & there's entrance fees.

Case closed.
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE?
Post by: affy on March 19, 2007, 07:28:12 PM: Quote from: knny187 on March 19, 2007, 07:23:18 PM
Bodybuilding is not a sport...it's a beauty pageant at best.

With that being said...yes. Look at most beauty pageants or hell...a dog show & there's entrance fees.

Case closed.

brutal comparison...hahahha
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: Chick on March 19, 2007, 07:29:20 PM: Quote from: Lee_a_priest on March 19, 2007, 07:19:43 PM
SO WHYIF WE ARE PAYING MEMEBRS OF THIS CLUB WE DONT GET TO VOTE ON WHO SITS ON THE BOARD..AND STUFF LIKE THAT...MORE PROS HAVE PAID MORE THEN THEY HAVE WON TO BE IN THIS CLUB..

Because it's not a free-for-all...It is a private company which was started by the Weiders, and thus, they made their own rules which athletes could choose to follow, or not.
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE??
Post by: Lee_a_priest on March 19, 2007, 07:31:29 PM: Quote from: Chick on March 19, 2007, 07:29:20 PM
Because it's not a free-for-all...It is a private company which was started by the Weiders, and thus, they made their own rules which athletes could choose to follow, or not.

F UCK ATHLETES WAKE THE F U C K UP THEN....
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE?
Post by: Havenbull on March 19, 2007, 07:41:11 PM: heheheheh I sense a little saltiness
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE?
Post by: Tonkin on March 19, 2007, 07:46:27 PM: Lee why do u always speak in capslock?
Title: Re: IS BODYBUILDING THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES IT'S ATHETES TO PAY TO COMPETE?
Post by: onlyme on March 19, 2007, 07:54:56 PM: Armwrestling you pay an entry fee for. There are union dues in other sports.