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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: Lee Priest Run for Athletes' Rep?
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on: September 22, 2006, 08:40:40 AM
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What this whole thing boils down to is this:
1. There is a framework (IFBB/Weider-AMI/their magazines, etc) 2. There are rules within this framework
Problem 1.: The whole IFBB bodybuilding framework is wrong. It's a dictatorship and it's like slavery. You don't start to bargain about how much food the slaves get, or whether they can sleep 4 or 5 hours a night. You abolish it and set up a new framework where the profit/work is shared fairly. So you can't argue that the IFBB has rules and you can choose to not joint the club. The IFBB achieved a monopoly in this sport exploiting the talent pool and they should have a moral obligation to the sport to allow bodybuilders to prosper (they do most of the work and take the risks).
Problem 2.: The IFBB rules are not adhered to. (They disregard the doping rules because that brings them the dollars because the fans demand "muscle". You go to a non-sanctioned event: rule applied, you're banned)
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: Lee Priest Run for Athletes' Rep?
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on: September 22, 2006, 08:17:38 AM
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I'm not really familiar with the situation, but what leverage do the rep and the athletes actually have ? If the rep would really be on the bbers side and started demanding things, why wouldn't the dictators just laugh?
I mean apart from the unrealistic action of pros boycotting the IFBB in mass numbers.
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: PRIEST/ JABES SUSPENDED
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on: September 21, 2006, 02:09:08 PM
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My letter:
Dear IFBB! Nice job helping the sport and a professional bodybuilder! I really hope Lee Priest sues you. Ask not what bodybuilders can do for you, ask what you can do for bodybuilders and the sport as a whole! Best regards, A fan of Lee, bodybuilding, but not the IFBB
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: PDI NOC prejudging
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on: September 16, 2006, 03:32:13 PM
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Top 5 in no particular order:
Lee Priest Andreas Frey Geoff Hargreaves Sami El Haddad Zoltán Vörös
Pic 1: Andreas Frey (Germany), Lee, Zoltán Vörös (Hungary)
Pic 2: Lee, Frey, Vörös, Hargreaves(?)
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Re: 2006 Olympia Weekend information and more!!!!
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on: July 20, 2006, 03:43:03 AM
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VINCE TAYLOR SET TO COMPETE AT THE 2006 MR. O Written by: Shawn Perine, Senior Writer The question of the hour in bodybuilding circles, revolving around the planet’s best-built man to reach the half-century mark, has been answered. VINCE TAYLOR has signed a contract to compete at the 2006 Mr. Olympia, putting yet another bona fide threat to take the crown into an already loaded lineup.  ?
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Getbig Main Boards / Gossip & Opinions / Pro Division: first battle won?
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on: February 20, 2006, 04:03:15 AM
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or coincidence?
"Recently, the International Federation of Body Builders, the organization that sanctions the competitions discussed in the previous item, without fanfare changed the name of its professional arm from Professional Division to Professional League."
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