Good point. If the IFBB or NPC paid bodybuilders money , they would reap some monetary gain as well. They don't pay or if they do, it's a small amount to a pro bodybuilder. Competitors have a lot of costs. If competitors pose for gay male internet sites, there is most likely more going on than just some sexy posing for a camera. Some competitors work hard, have a job, a wife. Others do the bigtime hustling of moneyed men, use people to their advantage, and get used in return. Just another form of prostitution which pays well, but hard to walk away from once they get in deep.
What about the competitors who use almost every gay photo, video or live cam site on the internet? That's blatant advertising, and almost absolutely means they escort. There getting propositioned while they're dancing , stripping & collecting dollar bills in their g-strings. Ha ha ha, that's not a straight man. And if & when they have children, their kids will ask, " Daddy, why are there naked pictures all over the internet of you "? HA!