Get your facts straight.
You weren't allowed to hide the face like Bast did.
The rules allowed for a wig and sunglasses, or similar.
Bast, for whatever reason (well, he's not the brightest bulb in the lighthouse), could not get a wig and a pair of sunglasses.
He was allowed to compete anyways.
whateva sticked to the rules.
Both TA and Bast broke the rules, but were allowed to compete anyways.
Why aren't you questioning their eligibility?
YIP
Zack
While they did break the rules, it was minor and allowing them to compete was for the betterment of the contest and getbig.
But duping the judges into thinking your an amateur was un-sportsman like conduct anyway you slice it.
I can also remember the responses whateva's pictures prompted on the boards that week. He was asked by a lot of very surprised and impressed posters if he ever competed before, what contests and if he ever planned on being a pro. He had opportunities to come clean but didn't. Why? because the judges would have been less impressed with him and more impressed with the work TA, alexxx and the rest put into their physiques. They put their hearts into it. They weren't experienced pros stepping off the circut to scam a few prizes from an amateur competition.
Imagine doing what he did to win a few prizes. These pros must really desperate. Give them a salary for godsake.
One way to settle this is to ask the judges if they believed at the time of the judging that all the contestants were amatures. Also ask the sponsors if they believed at the time they offered the prizes that the prizes would go to an amateur not a pro. If the answer is Yes, he should be out.
I know a lot of you guys agree with me but don't want to see TA the winner because he is a pompous ass. He may be, but realize this, we complain incessantly about unfairness in IFBB competitions and the hypocrisy of the bodybuilding industry as a whole. Now here we are doing the exact same thing. Turning a blind eye, letting someone steal from the cookie jar. Giving an early Christmas gift.
I am particularly dismayed at 240 who stands on the soapbox all the time against bodybuilding infractions but now in his own contest he is unusually quiet.