Lol. NPC Overall Teen winner isn't even a teen! WTF?

[tbombz]

he certainly has the genetic structure to do well as long as he keeps improving.

[nycbull]

this whole thread is embarrasing

[Ron]

http://www.getbig.com/headlines/2009/07/19/2009-npc-teenage-overall-winner-is-ineligible/

Sunday, July 19, 2009

To: All Bodybuilding Press

From: Jim Manion, NPC National Office

Subject: Benjamin Loehrer

Due to age ineligibility Benjamin Loehrer has been declared ineligible as the 2009 NPC Teenage National Light-Heavyweight & Overall winner. Overall runner-up Uriah McGee will be awarded the Overall title & also the trip to Los Angeles for the Flex Magazine featured article & photo shoot. Also, all competitors in the Light-Heavyweight class will now move up a placing.

Jim Manion
NPC President

[Matt C]

looks like its settled then.


IMO 30 day grace period should be fine as long as everyone is aware of it.

Agreed.

[Stavios]

what a joke

nobody lost a million dollar because of this, it's an amateur show.
let the guy keep his fucking trophy... 

[240 is Back]

props to Udit for being a stand-up guy and coming right out and addressing it.

The silver lining is that the winner who lost his title will get more coverage and industry attention due to this mix-up than he would have with the title.  Plus he still has the pics and memories of being the best man onstage that day.

Ben Loehrer

[local hero]

same thing happend to me as a jnr, found out a few yrs later the kid who beat me was at least one yr over the 21 limit, totaly fucks your head up, as i never botherd doin the finals that yr as i didnt see the point after bein so soundly beaten..


that kid looks incredible for a 20yr old, but he's not as good as some make out, check out lee preist, shauwne ray or ian harrison at that age... massive difference..

[Sir Humphrey]

same thing happend to me as a jnr, found out a few yrs later the kid who beat me was at least one yr over the 21 limit, totaly fucks your head up, as i never botherd doin the finals that yr as i didnt see the point after bein so soundly beaten..


that kid looks incredible for a 20yr old, but he's not as good as some make out, check out lee preist, shauwne ray or ian harrison at that age... massive difference..

Maybe he doesn't want to use dosages as high as those guys did? 

[local hero]

they won back in the late 80's...........

[Meso_z]

great pic you guys uploaded of the guy. 

[Matt C]

I know this is a slippery slope, but it would really suck if your birthday was the day before the show and there was no grace period.

[lax]

Bottom line is
he was NOT a teen
so the trophy is not his
how about his blatant dishonesty?

Sev, here I will have to disagree with you...respectfully

[lax]

The fault lies squarely on the shoulders of the competitor...He knows his birthday.

correct
aside from being hormonized
he is the dishonest one

how did he ever expect to look at that trophy proudly, knowing that he was not eligible?

Like a 30  year old going in an over-40 show

[Gregzs]

correct
aside from being hormonized
he is the dishonest one

how did he ever expect to look at that trophy proudly, knowing that he was not eligible?

Like a 30  year old going in an over-40 show

In his interview before the USAs he said that he had the ok (grace period) from Gary Udit to compete. When the complainers went to Jim Manion, Gary was overruled.

http://www.rxmuscle.com/videos/c-interviews/513-benjamin-loehrer-after-the-2009-npc-teen-collegiate-nationals.html

http://www.rxmuscle.com/videos/c-interviews/534-benjamin-loehrer-1-day-before-the-2009-npc-usa.html