BALCO Founder Victor Conte Banned From Olympia?

[Speedbuff]

Ron says,"You are talking about having a booth at the expo, not Victor Conte being banned for attending. There is a difference"

Are you suggesting that it is ok for them to ban him from having a booth as long as they allow him to buy a ticket?   We live in America, "the land of the free."    No discrimination.  Free enterprise and all that.  Equal opportunity, etc. This seems more like "He who has the gold, rules,"

Ron, thoughts?

[figure 1]

Wouldnt it be funny to see Ranalli,Weinberger, and Manion comming out in hand cuffs.In a IFBB scandal.The Feds are already looking into Weinberger for distributing steroids in his gym.A local Long Island doctor spilled the beans.Isnt he on discipline committee.Maybe the IFBB should suspend him like they did Milos.Being he is being fingered by the doctor.Hey no one is above the law and when the Feds show up at IFBB headquarters one day and remove boxes and boxes of evidence and records.Then evervone will have their day in court.The FEDS did it with Don King,they did it with the WWF,Balco,Enron,it goes on and on.The IFBB is not bigger than the Government.Weather they end up Guilty or innocent, I know one thing its going to hit them right in their pocket $$$$.And we all will have a good laugh

[biceps]

The Balco rat will have a booth at the Olympia, they should ban him also.

[Speedbuff]

knny187,

Below was posted by Milos on milossarcev.com yesterday:


I would just like to remind AMI and IFBB that Victor always supported both - magazine and federation...plus IFBB professional bodybuilders.

He made possible for FLEX to interview Marion Jones...M&F to interview Barry Bonds...bodybuilders to get free blood tests and free ZMA + other minerals they were deficient in...

I hope someone in the office will realize it...and I will certainly mention it to few people who might actually care.

Victor is my personal friend - always was...always will be.

[BM OUT]

Victor Conte banned from the Olympia?Let me ask you this.This weekend I saw an interview with congressman Patrick Kennedy.In the interview he said "Im bipolar,an alcoholic and a drug addict".Now,can someone explain how Victor Conte is banned from attending a bodybuilding show,but Kennedy is allowed to make laws for us to follow.Does anyone find that truly amazing?Congress will have hearings on steroids and call for suspensions like 3 strikes and your out,but Kennedy goes into rehab for his third time and NOT one of those gutless scumbags call for his removal from congress.Thats why people despise their government.

[bigdumbbell]

kennedy was elected 

hope this helps

[youandme]

kennedy was elected 

hope this helps

he's also been doing a good job, personal life aside

[Mike]

Ron says,"You are talking about having a booth at the expo, not Victor Conte being banned for attending. There is a difference"

Are you suggesting that it is ok for them to ban him from having a booth as long as they allow him to buy a ticket?   We live in America, "the land of the free."    No discrimination.  Free enterprise and all that.  Equal opportunity, etc. This seems more like "He who has the gold, rules,"

Ron, thoughts?

It's a private event, they can deny entry.

[G o a t b o y]

It's a private event, they can deny entry.

If you advertise to the public and charge admission, that seems pretty "public" to me.  Try arbitrarily refusing to entry to a black guy and see the nice discrimination suit you end up with. 

[gordiano]

What a pile of shit.


The world's biggest anabolic abuser event, doesn't want Conte (mr. drugs) there. 

[El Diablo Blanco]

Is Craig, Chicks upper management name at Weedah?

[LurkerNoMore]

It's a private event, they can deny entry.

Yep.  Same as NFL or MBL or UFC or whatever deciding who can and can't use their venue to conduct business.

[Speedbuff]

The bottom line is that whatever criteria is used for denying someone an  exhibit booth at the expo should be uniform and apply to all people who fit that criteria.  There are many others with a past history of legal cases involving steroids who are being allowed to have exhibit booths.  Why is he being singled out?  They even allow competitors on stage (Victor Martinez) with a legal history involving steroids. It just doesn't seem to pass the smell test. Someone recently posted that it was like Paris Hilton attempting to ban Pamela Anderson from the neighborhood because of her reputation.

[bigdumbbell]

The bottom line is that whatever criteria is used for denying someone an  exhibit booth at the expo should be uniform and apply to all people who fit that criteria.  There are many others with a past history of legal cases involving steroids who are being allowed to have exhibit booths.  Why is he being singled out?  They even allow competitors on stage (Victor Martinez) with a legal history involving steroids. It just doesn't seem to pass the smell test. Someone recently posted that it was like Paris Hilton attempting to ban Pamela Anderson from the neighborhood because of her reputation.

ah the appearance of impropriety.   ban the booth or it will appear like guilt because of assosiation