Anthony Roberts has some comments on the NYT article here:
http://www.anthonyroberts.co.za/2009/12/ifbb-on-the-run-from-the-ny-times/
Manion wouldn't even give the reporter a comment. It's a pathetic industry when a reporter from the most prestigious paper in the world can't get the head to issue a response. They have a better shot at getting Bin Laden to respond to things.
Oh, and Roberts show how Bob Chic tries to spin things too.
Bodybuilders said that they were unfairly singled out as drug abusers when athletes in most other sports were also using performance-enhancing drugs. “Like anything else, it’s use and abuse,” Cicherillo said. “We’re the ones who are visual. We’re the ones who walk around, and you see us with the big muscles.”
As you can see, Cicherillo’s comment is so stupid as to defy any kind of intelligent discussion…In other words, I’d like to comment on it, but it’s literally so stupid that I can’t even imagine someone reading my blog who would need me to actually talk about how bodybuilders are the de facto root cause, and poster boys for, steroid abuse. It’s just hilarious that Manion was running scared from the media, and the only front the IFBB could put up was to make some absurd comments about “reserving the right to test.” If and when Congress ever hauls these guys up to testify, you can bet I won’t be going anywhere for a couple of days…I’d love to hear these idiots try to defend their drug testing policies when they can’t run and hide.Chick is right, Anthony Roberts, does he have any idea? Other sports use and abuse drugs as well, but you can't tell a tennis player is that easily because he isn't popping out of his shirt, which is because he is training for tennis and not to increase the size of his muscles.
Almost every article on bodybuilding done in the general media is negative. Can you blame Manion for not returning the call? They will take what they like and misquote him. Better to say nothing.
I guess those lines of reasoning go above someone's head who is only concerned about being jealous and putting others down.