I love the reivisionism visited by pollux.
Boyer Coe who was there in the middle of it, says it turned out entirely to the contrary to the fiction spun by Schwarzenegger and accepted by the masses like pollux.
Schwarzenegger tried to create problems and the guys involved like Coe and Mentzer wouldn't have any of it, in fact no one other than Schwarzenegger wanted the contest to be changed! LOL
Correct.
In fact, if this 'Pollux' character really knew as much as he likes to think he does about his beloved Arnie, he'd know that that very thing was written in the 1980 M&F 1980 O coverage issue....that everyone was fine with the one class except the big mouthed one.
I believe Jack neary wrote the piece, and Arnold was pissed about it and even confronted Neary sometime later in Canada.
"I wish you could be more positive..." , he told Neary.
The competitors were concerned about proze money....and A made some half-assed comment that the bb's were losers for having to depend on the prize$
Now, pollux, before you get your panties in a bunch....I recall the above from a magazine printed about 30 years ago.
Its imprinted in my mind.
I don't have archives at my fingertips like you seem to.
Some details may be off. But the above is the general idea.