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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: New Hank Wood on May 29, 2008, 04:02:10 PM
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Look, we all know this sport has major credibility issues! The 'big name' sponsors such as Adidas and Nike know this, hence, they stay away in droves! Is it possible for this sport to attract 'real' money?
Sure, it has a collective of so-called supplement companies, chipping in a dollar here and there, but where is the big money?
Pro Building markets itself as a health and fitness pursuit. However, the mainstream public, media and sponsors have never bought this lie!
It is about time this industry started telling the truth. Look, if the industry is happy to just appeal to the fringe element of gays, retards and losers then so be it! And also, if the Pros are happy with the pathetic prize money and meaningless trophy, then so be it!
My point is, if this so-called sport is to progress from the sewer to the mainstream, it must start a massive restructuring program in order to attract the 'big money' sponsorship!
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Look, we all know this sport has major credibility issues! The 'big name' sponsors such as Adidas and Nike know this, hence, they stay away in droves!
Is it possible for this sport to attract 'real' money?
Sure, it has a collective of so-called supplement companies, chipping in a dollar here and there, but where is the big money?
Pro Building markets itself as a health and fitness pursuit. However, the mainstream public, media and sponsors have never bought this lie!
It is about time this industry started telling the truth.
Look, if the industry is happy to just appeal to the fringe element of gays, retards and losers then so be it!
And also, if the Pros are happy with the pathetic prize money and meaningless trophy, then so be it!
My point is, if this so-called sport is to progress from the sewer to the mainstream, it must start a massive restructuring program in order to attract the 'big money' sponsorship!
The "sport" makes no sense for them to endorse. What are they going to push, athletic gear? You can get that anywhere, and i'm sure companies like Nike are not into the parachute pant - idiot look. The entire circus is based on abusing drugs, gay porn and drama. Not to mention pros are not realistic - ( for the average sports fan) regarding what they look like.
Also, bb takes times, and results are few and far between. Not to mention, people who have a brain might question killing themselves for a trophy. BB takes no athletic ability, superior hand eye coordination, endurance or smarts. Just look at your average world class pro, huffing and puffing all over the stage, and thinking their 1 hour of 3mph cardio is a big deal. Add the fact that most pro bb's are fucking morons and there you go.
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How about Meltdown comes aboard and helps to give more prize money. Hmm... instead of complaining left and right, why not come help. On the smaller shows, with various costs, and we have gone over this before, it is more difficult to give more prize money without sponsorships. Hey, you need a myriad of sponsorships to increase prize money now. So instead of mocking, how about a serious discussion. Are you capable of that?
Ron says I should help.Wow things have got BAD.
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Billion dollar companies like Adidas and Nike have failed to jump on board this 'freak show' because of this very fact; Bodybuilding is a 'freak show'!
Christ, even the issue of Pros innocently wearing an Adidas or Nike product, is something that causes great angst amongst the management of these companies.
These corporations have an image to promote and protect. The site of a bloated and drug fuelled Neanderthal sporting the latest Nike-garb, is something that sends shudders through these organisation's power base!
Bottom line, these companies are aware of the destructive and negative attention a Pro brings, when wearing a piece of their clothing!
Yes, corporations as whole, DO NOT want to be associated with a sport that is embedded in illegality.
This sport must endeavour to lose the shackles of corruption. It must address its 'drug tag' and not be seen as a bastion for the 'gay worshippers', dealers and inbreds.
Conservative sponsorship will forever be evasive as long as the 'powers that be' sit on their hands and continue to do 'absolutely nothing'!
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The "sport" makes no sense for them to endorse. What are they going to push, athletic gear? You can get that anywhere, and i'm sure companies like Nike are not into the parachute pant - idiot look. The entire circus is based on abusing drugs, gay porn and drama. Not to mention pros are not realistic - ( for the average sports fan) regarding what they look like.
Also, bb takes times, and results are few and far between. Not to mention, people who have a brain might question killing themselves for a trophy. BB takes no athletic ability, superior hand eye coordination, endurance or smarts. Just look at your average world class pro, huffing and puffing all over the stage, and thinking their 1 hour of 3mph cardio is a big deal. Add the fact that most pro bb's are fucking morons and there you go.
Great post. But don't forget the "stigma" of drugs all over this industry (rightfully so).
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What about PUMA?
I thought they gave King like 70K for a 2 year deal. Am I wrong?
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What about PUMA?
I thought they gave King like 70K for a 2 year deal. Am I wrong?
That's right. Right when the whole "guido" look took off, Shariat cashed in.
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That's right. Right when the whole "guido" look took off, Shariat cashed in.
Yea. I guess he was in the right place at the right time.
"JagerBOMBS!" "JAGERBOMBS!"
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What about PUMA?
I thought they gave King like 70K for a 2 year deal. Am I wrong?
1.4 million over two years.
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The image problem with this sport is incredibly invasive and pervasive!
One just has to leaf through a bodybuilding magazine at Borders as evidence of this! Yes, the looks on faces of the 'passers by' is priceless!
Yes, being seen reading a bodybuilding magazine in public is one of the most humiliating and embarrasssing of experiences.
If you don't mind people thinking of you as creep, weirdo, freak or fag then continue buying and reading the magazines. By all means read them in public, at the office or leave them on your coffee table.
Oh yeah, how many Nike and Adidas advertisements are there in magazines like MD ? Hmmmmm.
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The image problem with this sport is incredibly invasive and pervasive!
One just has to leaf through a bodybuilding magazine at Borders as evidence of this! Yes, the looks on faces of the 'passers by' is priceless!
Yes, being seen reading a bodybuilding magazine in public is one of the most humiliating and embarrasssing of experiences.
If you don't mind people thinking of you as creep, weirdo, freak or fag then continue buying and reading the magazines. By all means read them in public, at the office or leave them on your coffee table.
Oh yeah, how many Nike and Adidas advertisements are there in magazines like MD ? Hmmmmm.
LOL
Wouldn't be caught dead with one. ;D
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The image problem with this sport is incredibly invasive and pervasive!
One just has to leaf through a bodybuilding magazine at Borders as evidence of this! Yes, the looks on faces of the 'passers by' is priceless!
Yes, being seen reading a bodybuilding magazine in public is one of the most humiliating and embarrasssing of experiences.
If you don't mind people thinking of you as creep, weirdo, freak or fag then continue buying and reading the magazines. By all means read them in public, at the office or leave them on your coffee table.
Oh yeah, how many Nike and Adidas advertisements are there in magazines like MD ? Hmmmmm.
interesting hank. do you think the magazines want addis and nike dollars? they get enough plenty of dough promoting the 'supplements'
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One just has to leaf through a bodybuilding magazine at Borders as evidence of this! Yes, the looks on faces of the 'passers by' is priceless! Yes, being seen reading a bodybuilding magazine in public is one of the most humiliating and embarrasssing of experiences. If you don't mind people thinking of you as creep, weirdo, freak or fag then continue buying and reading the magazines. By all means read them in public, at the office or leave them on your coffee table.
WTF are you talking about? Most people view bodybuilding of a group of muscleheads, ie, for your limited capacity, people with bigger muscles than most. The mainstream views it as something interesting. Obviously, you just make things up now, to get some attention. And yes, if you look at the magazine at Borders, guess what. No one will make a face. No one will care. Because the mainstream public, while not interested in professional bodybuilding, don't really care. Most are impressed with the size of the competitors, not disgusted by them. Yes, of course, there are some of are, but most don't care.
As for your 'big name' sponsors, bodybuilding is a niche sport, for a niche audience. It is different from training, weightlifting and so on. So like many niche sports, they dont have the 'mainstream' sponsors.
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Look, we all know this sport has major credibility issues! The 'big name' sponsors such as Adidas and Nike know this, hence, they stay away in droves! Is it possible for this sport to attract 'real' money?
Sure, it has a collective of so-called supplement companies, chipping in a dollar here and there, but where is the big money?
Pro Building markets itself as a health and fitness pursuit. However, the mainstream public, media and sponsors have never bought this lie!
It is about time this industry started telling the truth. Look, if the industry is happy to just appeal to the fringe element of gays, retards and losers then so be it! And also, if the Pros are happy with the pathetic prize money and meaningless trophy, then so be it!
My point is, if this so-called sport is to progress from the sewer to the mainstream, it must start a massive restructuring program in order to attract the 'big money' sponsorship!
Because of people like you. Pure and simple.
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As for your 'big name' sponsors, bodybuilding is a niche sport, for a niche audience. It is different from training, weightlifting and so on. So like many niche sports, they dont have the 'mainstream' sponsors.
Bodybuilding has always been a niche activity. It used to have mainstream corporate sponsors.
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I believe people think of steroids first and foremost in 2008 when they see a bodybuilder on the newstand shelf.
I believe the general public applies a "discount factor" when viewing bodybuilders - they know about steroids and know it has a lot to do with it. Anyone who has seen female bodybuilders has to know that those drugs are very powerful, and what they see ain't really legit.
Likewise we apply a "discount factor" when watching two guys pummeling each other in a pro wrestling match. The general public realizes it isn't real as well.
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Yes, back in the day when bodybuilding had 'not yet lost its dignity', mainline sponsors tended 'not to shun' the athletes.
Obviously in the sport today, it is a different case!
Bottom line, sponsors like Adidas and Nike will not touch this sport with a 'ten foot pole'. It is just way to sleazy and drug riddled for these 'massive and powerful corporations' to even consider!
Only when this disgusting sport decides to clean up its act, will we then see a return of these valuable sponsors.
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I think nike just doesnt sponsor it cuz it really doesnt have ANYTHING TO DO WITH BODYBUILDING. Does nike make weightbelts? ..ok maybe they do but they're prolly shit. Nike shoes are all about running and basketball n shit, they dont make weight lifting shoes do they? iunno but i dont htink so. god people you'll find ANYTHING to talk about and make it about how "bodybuiding sucks"
go to gethealth.com if you want that faggy shit
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas will 'not sully' there good reputations by getting involved in the grubby business that is Pro Bodybuilding!
These corporations have too much at stake! Pro Bodybuilding with its inherent drug abuse and corruption is just way to nasty for these sporting giants; to even consider putting their good name to!
Pro Bodybuilding, unfortunately will remain a fringe sport, frequented and supported by dubious supplement companies, freak, queers, gays, losers and retards!
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luke woods horsepower commercial was all over the t.v. !
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas will 'not sully' there good reputations by getting involved in the grubby business that is Pro Bodybuilding!
These corporations have too much at stake! Pro Bodybuilding with its inherent drug abuse and corruption is just way to nasty for these sporting giants; to even consider putting their good name to!
Pro Bodybuilding, unfortunately will remain a fringe sport, frequented and supported by dubious supplement companies, freak, queers, gays, losers and retards!
its got nothing to do with sullying an image, its got everything to do wtih the fact that nike has shit all to do with bodybuilding.
...does nike sponsor polo matches??
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its got nothing to do with sullying an image, its got everything to do wtih the fact that nike has shit all to do with bodybuilding.
...does nike sponsor polo matches??
One question - ( and im not trying to be a wise ass)... In your post above you said go to health.com for that faggy shit. Pro bb is one of the most homosexual activities on this earth.
Nike does not sponsor polo or pro bb because it wont make them any money, plain and simple. Nike could make the finest weight lifting products out there if they wanted to - ( just like there products for the major sports), but they choose not to.
Hard weight training is not gay, however bb contests are quite gay. Although it is a freak show now, it's still a glorified pageant. The backbone of the "sport" these days is based on drug abuse, gay for pay, drama and incredably insecure people. BB is nothing like it used to be.
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One question - ( and im not trying to be a wise ass)... In your post above you said go to health.com for that faggy shit. Pro bb is one of the most homosexual activities on this earth.
Nike does not sponsor polo or pro bb because it wont make them any money, plain and simple. Nike could make the finest weight lifting products out there if they wanted to - ( just like there products for the major sports), but they choose not to.
agree
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The corporations like Nike and Adidas will continue to sponsor all athletic and strength related sports. In fact, any sport that has 'appeal' will not escape the huge marketing dollars that these companies generate!
Unfortunately, the sleaze and revulsion that is Pro Bodybuilding, will never get one cent from these massive sporting corporations. Why? Because 'image and perception' is everything in this world.
Translation: Pro Bodybuilding's 'image and perception' is of gutter-filth, drug dealing, pornography and corruption.
Hence, the Nike's and Adidas' will continue to 'run fast and far' when the words 'Pro Bodybuilding' are uttered across the board room table!
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Simple, because bodybuilding isn't a sport and bodybuilders are not athletes.
Companies like Adidas and Nike want mainstream athletes from mainstream sports for the most part, they're not idiots, I'd be willing to bet they wouldn't want their name smeared by giving contracts to an industry and the people involved who advocate the use of drugs. That being said, bodybuilding is not and will never be mainstream, the big wigs of the bodybuilding industry made sure of that by fucking it by allowing drug induced freaks with huge guts to compete and win. Not exactly role models for the mainstream youth!!
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Nike and Adidas are involved in all sorts of various sponsorship deals, both sporting and non-sporting.
If this is the case, why then do they totally ignore the Pro Bodybuilding market?
Surely, the sport offers some benefits? Afterall, Pro Bodybuilding enjoys a massive homosexual fan base! That alone must be worth something to these corporate monoliths?
Bottom line, the sport is sick to the core!
The sport is hemorrhaging, and 'no' corporation that has 'an ounce of credibility' will risk going anywhere near this vile and corrupt beast!
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Mainstream sponsors cant justify the dollar spent to the small audience/ appeal of pro bodybuilding....
All about the ROI....and the numbers from BB don't support it.
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I'm not sure a company like Nike or Adidas would sponsor BB since I haven't really seen many BB wearing tennis shoes on stage while competing. Sponsor usually like seeing product being used and exposed with the athlete they are sponsoring. Unless they think putting Nike on the front of the trunks would work.
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A pregnant, out-of-breath, sweating and stinking drug cheat wearing a pair of Nikes or Adidas. Hmmmmm.
This is 'not the image' these companies are after!
And for that matter, any of other company interested in preserving a 'healthy corporate image'.
To corporations like Nike and Adidas, marketing the 'health and fitness ideal' is everything! Pro Bodybuilding is anything 'but' healthy and fitness orientated!
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One question - ( and im not trying to be a wise ass)... In your post above you said go to health.com for that faggy shit. Pro bb is one of the most homosexual activities on this earth.
Nike does not sponsor polo or pro bb because it wont make them any money, plain and simple. Nike could make the finest weight lifting products out there if they wanted to - ( just like there products for the major sports), but they choose not to.
Hard weight training is not gay, however bb contests are quite gay. Although it is a freak show now, it's still a glorified pageant. The backbone of the "sport" these days is based on drug abuse, gay for pay, drama and incredably insecure people. BB is nothing like it used to be.
Whats gayer, wanting to see some freak of nature that doesnt even look like a man, or ranting about how you want to see old school physiques that are 'symetrical' and have 'flowing lines'?
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas have built strong corporate profiles by identifying with their consumer's wants and needs.
Nike and Adidas have become very successful by tapping into these values.
They are also aware of the fact that the 'society as a whole' are repulsed by the overtly gay-orientated sport that is Pro Bodybuilding!
The image of insecurity, self loathing, drug dealing, grotesqueness and psychological imbalance have become the 'symbols' of Pro Bodybuilding today! By contrast, these are 'the symbols' that corporations like Nike and Adidas want nothing to do with!
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You have to have a big audience to make sponsorship worthwhile. There are enough bodybuilding fans to make the effort worthwhile.
Only mainstreem sponsor I can see is someone like Speedo or Tyr promoting posing trunks. (Or maybe Gillette or Schick could sponsor. "Mr. Olympia, brought to you by Schick, the leader in body shaving products.")
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas are aware that tapping into the Pro Bodybuilding market is a venture fraught with danger.
Images of homosexually-biased-audiences, screaming and cheering for oiled-up-men-in-thongs, is 'not' what these corporations would consider to be good business acumen.
Pro Bodybuilding has its roots in the gutter of society, and there it will stay!
So to all of those 'insecure little butt stains' who have this perverted-boyhead-dream on standing oiled-up on that Olympia stage, well; find an alternative way of paying for the huge steroid bills that await! Because Nike and Adidas wont be footing the bill!
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas are aware that tapping into the Pro Bodybuilding market is a venture fraught with danger.
Images of homosexually-biased-audiences, screaming and cheering for oiled-up-men-in-thongs, is 'not' what these corporations would consider to be good business acumen.
Pro Bodybuilding has its roots in the gutter of society, and there it will stay!
So to all of those 'insecure little butt stains' who have this perverted-boyhead-dream on standing oiled-up on that Olympia stage, well; find an alternative way of paying for the huge steroid bills that await! Because Nike and Adidas wont be footing the bill!
Homosexuality has nothing to do with it. Neither does steroids.
Otherwise, how do you explain big name sponsors backing WWE, with its complement of muscular wrestlers (Batista, Cena, Hemsley, etc.)?
Bodybuilding gets no play, because in the minds of the average Joe, the bodybuilders do NOTHING with their muscles, besides FLEX. They don't run, jump, or throw things (or people).
If I have no major interest in bodybuilding, why would I pay ungodly amounts of money to go to a contest? I can watch Batista do most-musculars every week on Smackdown for free.
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas are aware that tapping into the Pro Bodybuilding market is a venture fraught with danger.
Images of homosexually-biased-audiences, screaming and cheering for oiled-up-men-in-thongs, is 'not' what these corporations would consider to be good business acumen.
lol ;D
hank has been on a roll the last few days.
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Corporations like Nike and Adidas are aware that tapping into the Pro Bodybuilding market is a venture fraught with danger.
Images of homosexually-biased-audiences, screaming and cheering for oiled-up-men-in-thongs, is 'not' what these corporations would consider to be good business acumen.
Pro Bodybuilding has its roots in the gutter of society, and there it will stay!
So to all of those 'insecure little butt stains' who have this perverted-boyhead-dream on standing oiled-up on that Olympia stage, well; find an alternative way of paying for the huge steroid bills that await! Because Nike and Adidas wont be footing the bill!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Gold, I say!
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hank is right about these "colossus" companies....
if only they sponsored pro bbing....
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I'm not sure a company like Nike or Adidas would sponsor BB since I haven't really seen many BB wearing tennis shoes on stage while competing. Sponsor usually like seeing product being used and exposed with the athlete they are sponsoring. Unless they think putting Nike on the front of the trunks would work.
thongs?
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hank is right about these "colossus" companies....
if only they sponsored pro bbing....
Don't some of them sponsor the "World's Strongest Man" contests?
Once again, it's got nothing to do with steroids or homosexuality, as to why bodybuilding gets little such support.
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Look, we all know this sport has major credibility issues! The 'big name' sponsors such as Adidas and Nike know this, hence, they stay away in droves! Is it possible for this sport to attract 'real' money?
Sure, it has a collective of so-called supplement companies, chipping in a dollar here and there, but where is the big money?
Pro Building markets itself as a health and fitness pursuit. However, the mainstream public, media and sponsors have never bought this lie!
It is about time this industry started telling the truth. Look, if the industry is happy to just appeal to the fringe element of gays, retards and losers then so be it! And also, if the Pros are happy with the pathetic prize money and meaningless trophy, then so be it!
My point is, if this so-called sport is to progress from the sewer to the mainstream, it must start a massive restru
cturing program in order to attract the 'big money' sponsorship!
fringe elements of gay retards and loosers like you hank.fucking 5 post a day.get life asshole.
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Dudes, you seem to be forgetting Kevin Levrone's big deal he had with Nike back in the 1990's.
::)
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Those companies want to invest in things that will sell products to the general public.
Besides, considering the flap about steroids in real sports why would a 'legit' company associate itself with an activity that is drug based? Without drugs there is no professional bodybuilding as we know it. You can't have it both ways.
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WTF are you talking about?
blah blah blah
Because the mainstream public, while not interested in professional bodybuilding, don't really care. Most are impressed with the size of the competitors, not disgusted by them.
I love it when you confirm you are an azz kissing moron ;D
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it's easier to play a sport than to adopt a healthy lifestyle which includes diet and exercising for one hour a day at least 5 days a week.
Fitness/bodybuilding aren't sports, they re way of life, and not everyone can follow that.
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it's easier to play a sport than to adopt a healthy lifestyle which includes diet and exercising for one hour a day at least 5 days a week.
Fitness/bodybuilding aren't sports, they re way of life, and not everyone can follow that.
i agree with you
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Bodybuilding is not a gay fetish sport. STOP ALREADY !
(http://bp1.blogger.com/_M61iNfOT5gg/R5aP6Guxz6I/AAAAAAAAFkY/IKPH6SWWfCk/s400/Rodney_St__Cloud_05.jpg)
iMAGINE sHAQUILLE o'nEAL doin' this shit ?
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why do you have that picture on your computer sev ? :-X
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in proportion to the set, he looks short
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Everybody want to be a big arse BB but nobody want to use big arse Drugs.
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Look, we all know this sport has major credibility issues! The 'big name' sponsors such as Adidas and Nike know this, hence, they stay away in droves! Is it possible for this sport to attract 'real' money?
Sure, it has a collective of so-called supplement companies, chipping in a dollar here and there, but where is the big money?
Pro Building markets itself as a health and fitness pursuit. However, the mainstream public, media and sponsors have never bought this lie!
It is about time this industry started telling the truth. Look, if the industry is happy to just appeal to the fringe element of gays, retards and losers then so be it! And also, if the Pros are happy with the pathetic prize money and meaningless trophy, then so be it!
My point is, if this so-called sport is to progress from the sewer to the mainstream, it must start a massive restructuring program in order to attract the 'big money' sponsorship!
pro bodybuilding has ton of potential. ...every American works outs. the top pro guys are the top guys in the weightlifting. everything in life with a purpose has someone on top who people that are climbing the mountain look up to....i think the problem is the federation. its not cultivating itself to be open for business. i cant understand how something like golf can prosper more then bodybuildiing. you can be fat and out of shape and still be marketable in golf. so many things in america prosper even if they have no talent. pefect example is the music business. People who know music know that there is sooo much bullshit being played right now, but its still being bought. bodybuilders needs to be given more respect and be made as larger than life figures. when that is done, more people will buy into it. I mean, forgodsake fake wrestling is sought after by millions and millions and they still know its fake.....the ifbb needs to reward better, promote better, treat their athletes better so other can respect them also, and be making more money that the own athletes rep....i mean chic drives a cadillac escalade, i guarante you new pros cant afford that.....
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pro bodybuilding has ton of potential. ...every American works outs. the top pro guys are the top guys in the weightlifting. everything in life with a purpose has someone on top who people that are climbing the mountain look up to....i think the problem is the federation. its not cultivating itself to be open for business. i cant understand how something like golf can prosper more then bodybuildiing. you can be fat and out of shape and still be marketable in golf. so many things in america prosper even if they have no talent. pefect example is the music business. People who know music know that there is sooo much bullshit being played right now, but its still being bought. bodybuilders needs to be given more respect and be made as larger than life figures. when that is done, more people will buy into it. I mean, forgodsake fake wrestling is sought after by millions and millions and they still know its fake.....the ifbb needs to reward better, promote better, treat their athletes better so other can respect them also, and be making more money that the own athletes rep....i mean chic drives a cadillac escalade, i guarante you new pros cant afford that.....
Your Posts ring true you sound like a Pro.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Your Posts ring true you sound like a Pro.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
na...im not a pro...just something bodybuilding has not seen, but will soon
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Good just make sure you compete for Fun as there is Fuk all Money in BB oh unless you are a Promoter or the IFBB or you own a BB website.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm.
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why do you have that picture on your computer sev ? :-X
If you can read text under the picture, it means the picture's location has been copy pasted off the internet page where it was posted. Not an attachment.
You are welcome
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na...im not a pro...just something bodybuilding has not seen, but will soon
what do you mean?
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pro bodybuilding has ton of potential. ...every American works outs. the top pro guys are the top guys in the weightlifting. everything in life with a purpose has someone on top who people that are climbing the mountain look up to....i think the problem is the federation. its not cultivating itself to be open for business. i cant understand how something like golf can prosper more then bodybuildiing. you can be fat and out of shape and still be marketable in golf. so many things in america prosper even if they have no talent. pefect example is the music business. People who know music know that there is sooo much bullshit being played right now, but its still being bought. bodybuilders needs to be given more respect and be made as larger than life figures. when that is done, more people will buy into it. I mean, forgodsake fake wrestling is sought after by millions and millions and they still know its fake.....the ifbb needs to reward better, promote better, treat their athletes better so other can respect them also, and be making more money that the own athletes rep....i mean chic drives a cadillac escalade, i guarante you new pros cant afford that.....
This is why I laugh when people give so much credit to the Weiners. The Weiners did not promote BB in a way to make it grow properly. They promoted it so it will make THEM money. The bigger they could make it and still control it the better. Why do you think major sponsors aren't involved as much, it is because the Weiners wouldn't let them. They couldn't control an outside (of bodybuilding) entity. The sponsors of BB now are controlled by the Weiders and the media they control. If an outside sponsors like GM or Coco-Cola came in and wanted to sponsor BB in a major way they are going to want to have some control. The Weiners wold never have that. Where it is today the Weiners and the IFBB control everything. Why do you think everytime another organization or contest that threatens the IFBB or the Weiners is shot down. The sponsors are threatened. No way could the Weiners threaten a sponsor that they don't control.
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Klaus, Valvalino, Jocelyn, Keeny Jones and the "Pose of Cancer". >:(
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This is why I laugh when people give so much credit to the Weiners. The Weiners did not promote BB in a way to make it grow properly. They promoted it so it will make THEM money. The bigger they could make it and still control it the better. Why do you think major sponsors aren't involved as much, it is because the Weiners wouldn't let them. They couldn't control an outside (of bodybuilding) entity. The sponsors of BB now are controlled by the Weiders and the media they control. If an outside sponsors like GM or Coco-Cola came in and wanted to sponsor BB in a major way they are going to want to have some control. The Weiners wold never have that. Where it is today the Weiners and the IFBB control everything. Why do you think everytime another organization or contest that threatens the IFBB or the Weiners is shot down. The sponsors are threatened. No way could the Weiners threaten a sponsor that they don't control.
this trend will never stop until the ifbb bodybuilders build a union to protect themselves....or have chic actually start doing something other than make more money than the bodybuilders.......cadil lac ext 20
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another stupid thread from hank wood ::)
the sponsors pass because nobody gives a shit about pro bodybuilding outside of the forums
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