Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.ohn.
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
Block,,,,,, I just want people to know this.I know how Steve is, if he see's my post it willl bother him and it might get him to cough up some money.
Our industry is small and Steve Blechman is very very self conscience, you can tell by the clothes he wears the weay he acts.He is very insecure about himself.
I wouldnt want to be known as cheap, would you.?
Hopefully this will help him be more generous to bodybuilders.
Bay, I dont know.If he wanted to do a shoot with me, I better have some cash or a check afterwards.If I drove or flew to some place.You know most of the guys buy nicers clothes for the photo shoot, and then you have gas money.So to do a photo shoot actually costs a athlete.
If I did a shoot, and I didnt get paid, I would be on the phone with my lawyer
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.Gayest sentence ever
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
If I did a shoot, and I didnt get paid, I would be on the phone with my lawyer
I know a lot of personal trainers, models, and bodybuilders who would KILL to be able to showcase work in a major muscle magazine.
Paid or not, it's an hour or two of their time they freely choose to donate. And it opens up a ton of doors. The guy will be a household name to bodybuilding fans everywhere, even if he ends up not winning.
You can't pay bills with that. Do you know how many household names have come and gone in BB with no cash to show for it? ???
You can't pay bills with that.
I think GetItOnNY owes it to Robert to give him at least a 100K contract. Why should John just use him for promoting his Extreme supplements?Agree. Those soiled manties ain't gonna get mailed on goodwill.
Agree. Those soiled manties ain't gonna get mailed on goodwill.
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
No, Steve will pay hisathletesbodybuilders as little as the market will bear, unfortunately that number is $0.
I recommend that you tell yourathletebodybuilder that if he doesn't like the terms to not do it.
sometimes I think it's all a bad dream and this can't really be happeningStill waiting on your order? Maybe try on-line tracking. ;D
No, Steve will pay hisathletesbodybuilders as little as the market will bear, unfortunately that number is $0.
I recommend that you tell yourathletebodybuilder that if he doesn't like the terms to not do it.
Block,,,,,, I just want people to know this.I know how Steve is, if he see's my post it willl bother him and it might get him to cough up some money.Everyone in this game already knows how cheap Blechman is. They know how he stiffed Justin Harris and dozens of other writers and bodybuilders out of money they were promised or led to believe was forthcoming. When I did some work for MD, a certain someone VERY close to Steve told me:
Our industry is small and Steve Blechman is very very self conscience, you can tell by the clothes he wears the weay he acts.He is very insecure about himself.
I wouldnt want to be known as cheap, would you.?
Hopefully this will help him be more generous to bodybuilders.
Bay, I dont know.If he wanted to do a shoot with me, I better have some cash or a check afterwards.If I drove or flew to some place.You know most of the guys buy nicers clothes for the photo shoot, and then you have gas money.So to do a photo shoot actually costs a athlete.
If I did a shoot, and I didnt get paid, I would be on the phone with my lawyer
Maybe GetItOnNY isn't a fan of the free market? More of a communist type?
;D
Maybe GetItOnNY thinks that if I dig holes and refill them all day I should get paid a huge salary because of my "hard work" and "dedication"? ::)
Im sure your socialist Canadian government would pay you to do that. And you'd be given up to 355 paid sick days a year, too.
Robert, isn't free.He gets free supplements, and all his expenses paid.That's exactly right
Plus he is paid for every appearance he makes with us.He makes good money.Yes he could make better money, but between all his sponsors he does pretty well actually.
Robert has a big contract in Europe with a large distributor that pays him well as well.
Our company is growing by the day, and we are trying to negotiate a contract with Robert for exclusives, but he wants to wait until after the show which is smart.
He uses only our supplements but he has other sponsors, just like Cutler does.
I think Jay has at least 10 diffrent sponsors.
Robert is worth at least $100,000 a year, if not more.
My point is we pay Robert for everything he does, and so should Steve.
When Robert stood at our booth at the Mr Olympia, he was paid, when he stood at our booth for another expo and guest posed, he was paid.
Time = money ...Plain and simple
I just want Steve to pay Atletes for photo shoots.
Flex does, Muscle and Fitness do as well.
Robert is even being paid to compete.
If an athlete does something and you benefit from it, you should pay the athlete.
Steve can easily afford a $500 -$1000 to pay an athlete.
I think its arrogant, and cheap IMO.
We all know bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.
If your a national competitors and your good.Your going to spend at least $5000-$15000 on gear getting ready for Nationals.I heard alot of guys at the National level use 12-18ius of GH per day.
Thats about $500-$700 a week on GH alone.Then you got all the other s$#$
Its adds up quick.Trust me.I know
There is a lightheavy who is now a heavy who I know who spent $12000 getting ready for the USA's!!! Thats a down payment on a house.
I never spent more then $1500, maybe thats why I only made top 10.
Plus I have shittty symmetry so, I had not chance of winning, but I knew that
He's just pointing out a problem with the industry. He's just looking out for the fellow bodybuilder so they get compensated
sometimes I think it's all a bad dream and this can't really be happeningI've finally woken up. I used to think the same things about the bodybuilding industry.
I just want Steve to pay Atletes for photo shoots.
Flex does, Muscle and Fitness do as well.
Robert is even being paid to compete.
If an athlete does something and you benefit from it, you should pay the athlete.
Steve can easily afford a $500 -$1000 to pay an athlete.
I think its arrogant, and cheap IMO.
We all know bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.
If your a national competitors and your good.Your going to spend at least $5000-$15000 on gear getting ready for Nationals.I heard alot of guys at the National level use 12-18ius of GH per day.
Thats about $500-$700 a week on GH alone.Then you got all the other s$#$
Its adds up quick.Trust me.I know
There is a lightheavy who is now a heavy who I know who spent $12000 getting ready for the USA's!!! Thats a down payment on a house.
I never spent more then $1500, maybe thats why I only made top 10.
Plus I have shittty symmetry so, I had not chance of winning, but I knew that
I like how people here think how much you get paid is based on how hard you work rather than based on the actual value of your production.
Pay me money to run around the block!!! After all, it's "hard work".
I've finally woken up. I used to think the same things about the bodybuilding industry.
Truth of the matter is that it IS happening. Schmoes, Fetish and Deviants are making bank off of the backs of losers who do G4P, steal, mooch, scam, sell drugs and lie their way through a "bodybuilding career".
This is a sick sick industry. I am ashamed to ever think I was a part of it. It's so disgusting when you see it through the eyes of someone who's seen the ins and outs and the outs and the ins and the ins and the outs of it.
Over 500 competitors in Florida this weekend. Almost 200 men competing to get a Pro Card. Out of close to 200 men I am willing to bet only about 50 of them have a job or a real profession that provides health insurance and a pension-plan. The rest of them absolutely without a doubt hustles fag gots, sell drugs, their asses or mooches off of naive women to get by being satisfied with their gyms dues being paid and the ability to score another kit of growth.
Close to 200 Figure sluts. I know figure sluts and I am here to say that out of close to 200 that about the SAME number of girls have a real job or profession that provides health insurance and a 401k. The rest hustle schmoes, dorks with no dicks who will pay for their fantasy lifestyle or sell thier asses or mouth for money.
Don't get me stated on female bodybuilding...
- Block!
^^^^ = 100% Truth!
That's all industries I think. Lots of businesspeople got their start in nasty things like drugs or whatever else. I admit, bodybuilding is perhaps a bit more deep into it, but still.
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
That's all industries I think. Lots of businesspeople got their start in nasty things like drugs or whatever else. I admit, bodybuilding is perhaps a bit more deep into it, but still.
That's all industries I think. Lots of businesspeople got their start in nasty things like drugs or whatever else. I admit, bodybuilding is perhaps a bit more deep into it, but still.
Stupidest post I've seen in a long time. Congrats :)
Stupidest post I've seen in a long time. Congrats :)
He is consistent.
And you are a fucking moron if you don't think drugs - at 5% of the global economy - are rampant EVERYWHERE.
Meltdown
Opiates and alcohol represent a huge amount of money in the global economy.
Haha,alright that made me lol ;D
Listen, I don't want to bash Steve Blechman, because he owns and MD.Yep. Quincy sure knows about time equaling MONEY. David Jacobs wanted to get paid as well. Or get his 30k back.
He does help some athletes out , but not all of them.
He signed Trey Brewer, and Brandon Ray, who both really don't deserve contracts.So why cant he just pay a athlete $500 or even $1000 for a photo shoot.To make matters worse the pics he takes he doesn't give any to the athletes so they can use to market themselves.When the athlete calls for the photos they get the run around.
Quincy Taylor was at the airpot with my on my way back to Vegas.
Quincy Taylor is one huge mofo, but is the coolest cat in the world.
He even said he did a shoot for MD didn't get paid, and couldn't get any of the pics from MD to use for the company who was sponsoring him.
He then said MD want to shoot him again he said no , because he wanted to
paid .So MD tried to call his sponsor to make him do the shoot.
Quincy is smart, he knows, time= money.
You work hard, diet, train, but gear, you should be paid for your efforts
If a smaller company like mine can pay athlete to appear or take pics, I know Steve Blechman can.
Steve Blechman quit being so cheap.Pay these athletes dammit.
Steve wants to be paid by me to advertise in his magazine.
How would he feel if I had him puts adds of my products in his magazine and just said thank you and didn't pay him.He wouldn't go for it.
I tell all the athletes I know, if they don't pay you, just say no.
One photo is free, a photo shoot, you better have a check or cash in hand.
Steve is a multimillionaire, $500 or even a $ 1000 is like $10 to most people.
Steve ...please pay these athletes, or please leave our industry
ohn.
You know the truth just as much as I do. No matter what. Wether they are 15 or 50... a bodybuilder is a bodybuilder is a bodybuilder. They are liars, flakes, scumbags, lowlifes, mutts, mooches and poor buisnessmen. Steve Buttman knows the psyche of a bodybuilder so why should he throw money at some bodbulder when he knows that 99% of the time the bodybuilder will do it for FREE just for the sake of being in a magazine.
I don't blame Steve Gluteman. I blame the bodybuilder who just wants to 'play politics' and try to 'look good and positive' for the false hopes that it may help his placing.
Shawn Ray was never Mr. Olympia because when he was young he knew not to do NOTHING for free for anybody.
- Block!
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.i heard larry the legend used to stiff kennedy mmi all the time back in the day. but none beats weider useing dave draper but only paying him for the time he put in ,in the weider warehouses packing orders etc. arnold comes over he gives him 200 a week a car and apartment and all he had to do was train?
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
So he tells these guys "We'd like you to do this photo spread. I will pay you $0 but you will get exposure".
These guys can say yes, or they can say no. It's that simple. If every guy asked refused, he would very quickly have to start paying guys. But many will do it for free.
QFT. This is not rocket science. Why do these idiots work and pose for free only to complain about it later? ???i didn't know bbers got paid for mag photo shoots. I assumed that the IFBB made they do that for free? ???
Listen bodybuilding is the hardest sport in the world.I played semi- pro football as a nose guard I ran track, I ran Cross country, I powerlifted, I played baseball,Softball, you name it I did it.We all get your point and we agree with you, John but you have to understand. Picture this...
None of them are as hard as bodybuilder, or as expensive as bodybuilding.
If I can pay ATHLETES, to make appearances, and to use his image so can MD.
The owner Steve Blechman makes more money in a day then I make in a month.
I want everybody to know he is cheap so maybe he will loosen up and start paying people.Then like I said before I will publically apologise to Steve and thank him for paying athletes
I help alot of athletes...There are a alot of guys I helped some even turned pro.I sponsored Troy Alves, when he was an amateur and up to the first year he was a pro.I payed all his expenses, and payed him for his images, and to be at our booths.He did not have any help or sponsors.To this day true respects me to helping him out. At the time my company was half the size it was now.I have helped out at least 2 dozen local and National athletes with product ,all there expenses,pay them for pics and pay them for being at my booths.
My point is, if I am a growing company and I can people so can Steve Blechman.I could do the same he does, and say, why pay you, your image is on my site, you picture is on all my brochures.... that exposure.
At the end of the day, exposure doesn't pay your bills, it doesn't support your family.Money however does.
Everything that's right about Canada is capitalist, everything that is wrong about Canada is socialist, with very little exception.north america is going the european way. First step is to import millions of third worlders in the main cities.
I wish politicians around here would get the fucking clue, but no - they call for more and more socialism. ::)
No it isn't you moron. BTW, business and people are two separate wordslike you know anything about bodybuilding, business, or people hahahaha.
Listen bodybuilding is the hardest sport in the world.
north america is going the european way. First step is to import millions of third worlders in the main cities.
Listen I dont have Steve Blechman, but I didnt like what he did to Dave and John.Its was just wrong in every shape and form.
Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler is doing the same thing and they still have there jobs....Anyways Here is my point.
My athlete did a big spread in MD, and it was alot of pages.
Steve didnt pay the guy a dime!!!!
I was like WTF.
Steve has never had to struggle for money, not one second of his life.
He was given Twinlab.You got these poor athletes who dont make any money unless they get a contract.
Steve Charges something $10,000 per page per month to advertise in his magazine.Yet he puts these 5-10 page spreads on these athletes, and doesnt pay then a dime.Why not give the athlete atleast $500 or $1000 for his time.The athletes eats trains and works his ass off, and yu make money off of the athletes why not pay them?
Steve can I have free advertising in your magazine for free?
Hello no!!!! Bodybuilders, have alot of expenses, you got food, supplements,anabolics and everything else.
Bodybuilding is a very very expensive sport.Just eating costs $200 a week.
Steve Blechamn if you are going to charge supplement companies money to advertise in your magazine, then you should pay athletes for photo shoots.Steve $500 or even $1000 bucks is like $20 to you.
Your a friggin Multi-Millionaire, why not help a few guys out with some money.It is the right thing to do.You know it, I know, the athletes know it.
My athlete is not complaining ...He actually didn't say a word. FOR THE RECORD I am the one with the Problem not Robert.
I did however tell him if they want to have another photo shoot with them they should pay you.
I said Robert if they don't have a check in there hand or cash, just say no.
You work hard, you train hard, you should be paid for your efforts.
I also said to him,if my company can pay you and I am 25% the size of MD, then they can pay you.
The first photo, or photo shoot, is free, after that athletes should be paid.
Imagine walking in to Wal-Mart, or Smiths Food king, and spending $200-$250 per week on eating clean.
How far do you think you would get if you just walked out of the store,didn't pay for the food and said, I got a 10 page spread in MD.So I have exposure.
Or when your mortgage payment comes.
Does your pics in MD pay your gas in your car, mortgage,car payment.Fu#$ no!!!!
Do you think the guy who sells you your anabolics will give you free gear because he saw your pics in MD?
fu#$# No!!!!!.
The free exposure is so overrated.I know alot of guys who did free photo shots and are still flat broke.
If your smart like Shawn Ray was you make people pay you for everything.
The sad thing about this whole post is Steve Blechman has more money then me and every pro bodybuilder combined.He has to be worth at least 20 -50 million, maybe more.
So $500, or even $2000 in like a $10 to the average person.
My athlete is not complaining ...He actually didn't say a word. FOR THE RECORD I am the one with the Problem not Robert.
The sad thing about this whole post is Steve Blechman has more money then me and every pro bodybuilder combined.He has to be worth at least 20 -50 million, maybe more.
And your company is 25% of of MD?
STFU and pay Robert what he needs and quit asking Blechman to do it. You have plenty by your own admission. You're just as cheap as Blechman. If I was Robert, I would make you pay up or quit using my name all over the place.
That would be smart of Robert.
Quit bitching! You are making a fool out of yourself.
My athlete is not complaining ...He actually didn't say a word. FOR THE RECORD I am the one with the Problem not Robert.
I did however tell him if they want to have another photo shoot with them they should pay you.
I said Robert if they don't have a check in there hand or cash, just say no.
You work hard, you train hard, you should be paid for your efforts.
I also said to him,if my company can pay you and I am 25% the size of MD, then they can pay you.
The first photo, or photo shoot, is free, after that athletes should be paid.
Imagine walking in to Wal-Mart, or Smiths Food king, and spending $200-$250 per week on eating clean.
How far do you think you would get if you just walked out of the store,didn't pay for the food and said, I got a 10 page spread in MD.So I have exposure.
Or when your mortgage payment comes.
Blechman is a buisnessman, plenty of people yourself included dropped out of the sport as it isnt a real professional sport. Guys like your athlete, to the people reading those mags are a dime a dozen and all of them are attention seeking ego maniacs in most cases, in so many cases that a whole industry of them can be exploited in such a way by schmoes like Blechman as they will pose for nothing. Seriously change your name to getoverit, its bodybuilding its always been that way and always will be, its a minority sport with very little following and anyone doing it pursuing wealth or even doing it as a job has in 99 percent of the time made a bad decision, bodybuilding should be most peoples hobby not their life
The problem with bodybuilding is there is only a few top guys making money...Thats why its a sports that is going to be dead soon.They cancelled the Iron Man pro, because they didn't sell enough tickets.
At least my company does what ever we can to help athletes.We pay them to travel, we pay them to appear, we pay them if you use them in an brochure.
Steve needs to pay people for photo shoots, and for photos.
Plus you got companies like Optimum Nutrition who only endorses George Farah and a couple of other people.You got Bsn who only Sponsors a Trey, Brandon and Ronnie.VPX, only endorses Brandon Ray, and 2 other people.
These big companies, can endorse more athletes, but they don't.
I give props to Muscle-Tech, because they sponsor alot of pro bodybuilders.If it wasn't for them half of the pro bodybuilders wouldn't be getting anything.
I also think that if you win Nationals or the USA, the overall winner should win $25,000.
This way it would bring in more guys, and the guy who wins and take that money and start a career.
Or the guy who wins gets a $100,000 contract with a big company like VPX OR BSN.For one year.
My point is the reason bodybuilding, isn't doing well is not many companies are endorsing athletes, so guys dont want to be pro bodybuilders.Unless you win the Mr Olympia your lucky to get $1000 if you do a pro show, and place out of the top 5.
If you win the smaller pro shows the winer gets as little as $10,000.
Most guys spend more then that on food and drugs in 12 weeks in they are a good pro
In the NFL even a guy who sits on the Bench makes I think a minimum of $450,000 a year.
Mr Olympia, I think is only $100,000.
I dont know or care who Steve Blechman is but he sounds like a straight pimp, good for him, bodybuilders are fucken losers, and there fucken dumb too, i know one of lebrons sponosors is worth more then jay's 10 sponsors, now thats a real athlete, not a dumb fuck who does bicep curlsYou ride the spin bike with no seat today QB? ;D
You ride the spin bike with no seat today QB? ;Dnever did the spin bike , should i?
never did the spin bike , should i?Sorry you just acting like a spin bunny wearing a pink lycra body suit , PMS ?
Sorry you just acting like a spin bunny wearing a pink lycra body suit , PMS ?
I dont know or care who Steve Blechman is but he sounds like a straight pimp, good for him, bodybuilders are fucken losers, and there fucken dumb too, i know one of lebrons sponosors is worth more then jay's 10 sponsors, now thats a real athlete, not a dumb fuck who does bicep curlsYOU DONT BELONG HERE ASSHOLE
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My athlete is not complaining ...He actually didn't say a word. FOR THE RECORD I am the one with the Problem not Robert.
I did however tell him if they want to have another photo shoot with them they should pay you.
I said Robert if they don't have a check in there hand or cash, just say no.
You work hard, you train hard, you should be paid for your efforts.
I also said to him,if my company can pay you and I am 25% the size of MD, then they can pay you.
The first photo, or photo shoot, is free, after that athletes should be paid.
Imagine walking in to Wal-Mart, or Smiths Food king, and spending $200-$250 per week on eating clean.
How far do you think you would get if you just walked out of the store,didn't pay for the food and said, I got a 10 page spread in MD.So I have exposure.
Or when your mortgage payment comes.
Does your pics in MD pay your gas in your car, mortgage,car payment.Fu#$ no!!!!
Do you think the guy who sells you your anabolics will give you free gear because he saw your pics in MD?
fu#$# No!!!!!.
The free exposure is so overrated.I know alot of guys who did free photo shots and are still flat broke.
If your smart like Shawn Ray was you make people pay you for everything.
The sad thing about this whole post is Steve Blechman has more money then me and every pro bodybuilder combined.He has to be worth at least 20 -50 million, maybe more.
So $500, or even $2000 in like a $10 to the average person.
The problem with bodybuilding is there is only a few top guys making money...Thats why its a sports that is going to be dead soon.They cancelled the Iron Man pro, because they didn't sell enough tickets.
At least my company does what ever we can to help athletes.We pay them to travel, we pay them to appear, we pay them if you use them in an brochure.
Steve needs to pay people for photo shoots, and for photos.
Plus you got companies like Optimum Nutrition who only endorses George Farah and a couple of other people.You got Bsn who only Sponsors a Trey, Brandon and Ronnie.VPX, only endorses Brandon Ray, and 2 other people.
These big companies, can endorse more athletes, but they don't.
I give props to Muscle-Tech, because they sponsor alot of pro bodybuilders.If it wasn't for them half of the pro bodybuilders wouldn't be getting anything.
I also think that if you win Nationals or the USA, the overall winner should win $25,000.
This way it would bring in more guys, and the guy who wins and take that money and start a career.
Or the guy who wins gets a $100,000 contract with a big company like VPX OR BSN.For one year.
My point is the reason bodybuilding, isn't doing well is not many companies are endorsing athletes, so guys dont want to be pro bodybuilders.Unless you win the Mr Olympia your lucky to get $1000 if you do a pro show, and place out of the top 5.
If you win the smaller pro shows the winer gets as little as $10,000.
Most guys spend more then that on food and drugs in 12 weeks in they are a good pro
In the NFL even a guy who sits on the Bench makes I think a minimum of $450,000 a year.
Mr Olympia, I think is only $100,000.
The difference is that bodybuilders generate very little money. What benefit is there to pay a pro a $100,000 contract for a pro card win when he only generates the company $50,000? It is no different than throwing money in the garbage.Trey doesn't deserve the sponsorship...but anyway do you think that Brewer only generates the BSN $50,000 per year...? ::)
As for football players making a minimum of $450,000, that is a steal for a team owner who makes $1 million that year as a result of having that player on his team.
Do you see the difference?
Trey doesn't deserve the sponsorship...but anyway do you think that Brewer only generates the BSN $50,000 per year...? ::)
Trey doesn't deserve the sponsorship...but anyway do you think that Brewer only generates the BSN $50,000 per year...? ::)
Trey doesn't deserve the sponsorship...but anyway do you think that Brewer only generates the BSN $50,000 per year...? ::)
That's why bodybuilders are poor.There's no such thing as "deserve."
You get what you can get and you don't get what you can't get. It's that simple.
What do you think this is? Grade school?
Joe, everyone agrees with you but we're all trying to tell you that Robert agreed to do the shoot on his own accord and that he should make the decision on his career choices and speak for himself. Its not your place to speak on his behalf and ultimately you're hurting his changes to make some money.
He's his own man, he's not your property, you're not his manager. Robert Burnekia is big enough errr massively huge enough to make his own decisions in life and you should be happy for him but stay in the far far background. You don't see Oscar or Hany doing this and neither should you
If Trey is generating BSN $500,0000 then another company like MuscleTech would come along and offer him an even larger contract so that they could make that money instead.
In the free market with free competition, bodybuilders will be paid as much as the market will allow, it's the same as any other industry. It's just that bodybuilding and bodybuilders generate next to nothing in terms of revenue. Sorry to break it to you.
That's why bodybuilders are poor.There's no such thing as "deserve."
You get what you can get and you don't get what you can't get. It's that simple.
What do you think this is? Grade school?
I don't get the mentality of some people, not just Steve or GetItOnNY but a lot of people who think that they are owed a living for some reason.
Why would Steve pay bodybuilders for photoshoots when they are willing to do it for free? If a construction company came agreed to an offer of receiving $0 payment for renovating your house, why would you pay them?