Special Ed blackmailing MD? Calls MD "cowards"

[gettinhuge]

Whereas I think you are interesting, Spicey - please refrain from attacking the MD group. You have a right to your opinion, but the basing must stop on these guys. I would expect the same from them.

Well Ron you stand up and say no bashing the MD Guys but you have threads that go on for days that bash people racially and i hear very little fervor from you on that......pretty confusing Ron Pretty confusing but hey thats just my opinion.

[240 is Back]

I agree.  TA's confidence really shined on video.  Credit where credit is due.

yeah.  Others do a good job - they ask questions, they're funny...

But Adam kept the interviewee engaged.  Branch and others looked like they were on a job interview - it actualy looked formal and professional.  They didn't treat him like a starstruck kid. 

I'd probably pay for an O webcast just to see TA interview folks backstage.  imagine him asking Ronnie how it feels to be bested by Jay.  Imagine him telling Gustavo he didn't see him in the top 6.  TA would have the guts to do that.  no softball Qs. 

[UK Gold]

yeah.  Others do a good job - they ask questions, they're funny...

But Adam kept the interviewee engaged.  Branch and others looked like they were on a job interview - it actualy looked formal and professional.  They didn't treat him like a starstruck kid. 

I'd probably pay for an O webcast just to see TA interview folks backstage.  imagine him asking Ronnie how it feels to be bested by Jay.  Imagine him telling Gustavo he didn't see him in the top 6.  TA would have the guts to do that.  no softball Qs. 

Totally agree. And now there's an opening for him... Hopefully this will end his self imposed exile.

[Lift Studios]

yeah.  Others do a good job - they ask questions, they're funny...

But Adam kept the interviewee engaged.  Branch and others looked like they were on a job interview - it actualy looked formal and professional.  They didn't treat him like a starstruck kid. 

I'd probably pay for an O webcast just to see TA interview folks backstage.  imagine him asking Ronnie how it feels to be bested by Jay.  Imagine him telling Gustavo he didn't see him in the top 6.  TA would have the guts to do that.  no softball Qs. 

Let me guess you have a website in the works with True Adonis?

[octobermajik]

You're nitpicking, the show was full of good content. The interview was good--not all questions can be Dan Solomon-like, totally on-topic and dry.

Then maybe it shouldn't be two hours long.

They only had Wolf on for about ten minutes; his first internet radio interview ever (according to the show).

If they can't fill ten minutes with "totally on topic" questioning, maybe someone else needs to do the show.

[~salmon~]

Re: Bill Comstock

In life we get our market value, not an inflated figure due to how hard we work. 

I'm merely stating the economics of the situation as it relates to the supply and demand of work such as Bill's.  In the free market we do not get paid in accordance with how hard we work but rather the market value of the work which we perform - do you think that Bill works harder than a 9-5 mom working at McDonald's for minimum wage?  That seems to be what you are implying.  But the market value of working at McDonald's is simply minimum wage and the market value of Bill's work falls far below what he is getting paid, assuming the information I received was accurate (job description + salary).

And yes I know how much Bill makes.  I'm very networked within the industry and people talk.  Just like I know who is dealing steroids, dealing recs at afterparties and everything else.  It's an insult to my intelligence for you to think I'm oblivious to this.  If you don't have an idea of how resourceful I am by now, you don't know nothing. 

On the radio show Dave eluded to (or said directly - can't remember which) that female bodybuilders deserve to get paid more because they work hard.  I would liken this to gardening people's lawns with tweezers and digging holes and filling them back up again and demanding big bucks!  If work provides a certain amount of market value, payment is immediately related to that value.  Professional bodybuilders work extremely hard and sometimes walk away with $0 in prize money.  Would anyone here agree that they work as hard as Bill Comstock?  I'm sure some do.  My point is that hard work has no correlation with rate of compensation as far as the free market goes.  If Dave had it his way, female bodybuilders would get paid more than they do.  I understand your good intentions, but if you were to do that, it would destroy female bodybuilding as the industry would not be able to generate the revenue necessary to sustain it.  The economy doesn't work in that manner.

As for Flex Wheeler's contest pictures not being good - I think they were perfectly fine and I think MD would have better spent their money training FLEX in photography and buying him a superior camera.

I offered to extensively advertise for MD as well as review the entire magazine for almost nothing (if not nothing) and got no reply.    Come on MD, for the longest time I was the big supporter.

I understand that those of you who are refuting my points are all experts in your related fields - Isaac in website design and hosting, Dave in bodybuilding and nutrition, and Ron in his profession.  All I ask is that you understand that I am perhaps a little more educated than you in terms of economics just as you are more educated than me in your areas of expertise.

You forget a lot of aspects here Matt.. Good general post, but the free market model you base your reasoning on is not applicable to the market you're talking about... (although your general view is correct)... Uneducated fuckers like Mike Arvilla and Lift Studios can't comprehend your post anyway...

[columbusdude82]

Matt C, you are a cool guy, but Bill Comstock is a very big part of why MD (particularly their website) experienced success and lots of traffic. The guy takes quality pictures from all these contests and posts them in a matter of hours. Think of all the pictures we post on here and discuss/criticize/analyze/make fun of... At least half were taken by Bill Comstock.

Whereas in the past it would take days, weeks, or even a few months to find out how a particular contest went, at least MD make that info available in a matter of hours, and thanks to BC, the pictures are there too! And they're good pictures! He is definitely a more valuable asset to MD than a lot of the folks they have there, IMO.

[Blockhead]

 Bump&Dump!
                           Boomshakalaka!

[Matt C]

You forget a lot of aspects here Matt.. Good general post, but the free market model you base your reasoning on is not applicable to the market you're talking about... (although your general view is correct)... Uneducated fuckers like Mike Arvilla and Lift Studios can't comprehend your post anyway...

LOL!! 

Exactly correct.  I'm not claiming to know it all or anything.

Matt C, you are a cool guy, but Bill Comstock is a very big part of why MD (particularly their website) experienced success and lots of traffic. The guy takes quality pictures from all these contests and posts them in a matter of hours. Think of all the pictures we post on here and discuss/criticize/analyze/make fun of... At least half were taken by Bill Comstock.

Whereas in the past it would take days, weeks, or even a few months to find out how a particular contest went, at least MD make that info available in a matter of hours, and thanks to BC, the pictures are there too! And they're good pictures! He is definitely a more valuable asset to MD than a lot of the folks they have there, IMO.

True.  I'm just guessing his market value is less than 96K annually.  I might be wrong though.

If Dave Palumbo ran MD, there would be no MD.  He is obviously very knowledgeable in training, nutrition, and steroids, but running a business is a separate matter.  It is financial suicide to pay your employees more than their market value.

[columbusdude82]

If Dave Palumbo ran MD, it would just be a steroids and drugs journal. Think "Bobybuilding without genetics" in 500 pages with all the ads...

[G o a t b o y]

If Dave Palumbo ran MD, there would be no MD.  He is obviously very knowledgeable in training, nutrition, and steroids, but running a business is a separate matter.  It is financial suicide to pay your employees more than their market value.

What do you suppose the market value of that skinny little poindexter that runs the place is?

[OneMoreRep]

The way Dave treated Jason Stern was downright disrespectful.  He isn't very knowledgeable in training, nutrition or even steroids, hence why he has always looked like shit and will never be more than a freaking carnival freak who can never crack the Pro circuit.

[G o a t b o y]

In my opinion, Dave is a fucking criminal and an asshole who can't tell his left from his right.  The way he treated Jason Stern was downright disrespectful.  He isn't very knowledgeable in training, nutrition or even steroids, hence why he has always looked like shit and will never be more than a freaking carnival freak who can never crack the Pro circuit.

He's banking on gaining respectability as the "trainer of Billy Guns"!

[west coast willie]

is this shitt true? the owner of MD tried to pay a guy to post crap about Weider.  For real??  Thats some kinda bullshiit.  

[OneMoreRep]

is this shitt true? the owner of MD tried to pay a guy to post crap about Weider.  For real??  Thats some kinda bullshiit. 

Yes it is true.  Flex Magazine should have a special column about this and interview Special Ed.

[Blockhead]

is this shitt true? the owner of MD tried to pay a guy to post crap about Weider.  For real??  Thats some kinda bullshiit.  

No it is NOT true.

 Nobody tried TO PAY anyone ANYTHING...that's whats so interesting about it!

[Original Sin]

If Dave Palumbo ran MD...

It would be pretty cool...

It would be a pop-up book.  "Pull tab to see Ronnie Coleman squat the weight.  Squat Ronnie Squat"
and the chapters on the porn stars (that have so much to do with bodybuilding  )  would take on a entire new feel

[Alex23]

And all the porn stars would look like Team MD:

uncanny.

[Wombat]

DIDNT RETURN YOUR CALLS....EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN DROPPED BY STEVE HAS HAD THAT HAPPEN...THATS HIS STYLE......GLAD YOU TOLD THE TRUTH ED.....GOOD GOING........NOW PEOPLE MIGHT BELIEVE MY STORIES ....I WASNT JUST ON HERE SPREADING BULLSHIT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH THEN ALONG CAME DAVE TO TRY DISCREDIT ME AS WELL........GOOD WORK................ ALL BULL MD

Lee---Why don't you forget the PDI and competing and start your own serious bodybuilding board...I'm serious...Get 240 and a few others behind you to get started...But the kicker would have to be that it truly is a no holds bar site...Which means that you tell story after story about the drugs involved ect...Rumors you heard...That alone would put your site ahead of any other...No pro really wants to tell that story...Their are ways to do it and no be sued ect...I bet their are many retired National competiters and pros who would love to really tell the truth...

Bodybuilding boards are everywhere and most suck ass...But none of them really tackle this issue and talk openingly about...The IFBB has done many wrong...Its time to really break it wide open...Maybe even bring Titus in on some level...

[Tapeworm]

Ummm, I think he has one.  Anyone got a link?

[Blockhead]

 BAM!

 leepriestuncensored.com

 

[Special Ed]

BAM!

 leepriestuncensored.com

http://proleepriest.proboards101.com/index.cgi?action=register
Fixed!

[Wesco]

Thanks for the support Lee. I just voiced my opinion about Dave's low-carb diet (as proven by Billy Gunz) and he started in about private business matters. The only reason I didn't quit MD Radio was out of respect for Steve. But if he or Dave wants to publicly spill the beans, I am more than happy to oblige. Personally, I think Steve will serve Dave a tall glass of ShutTheFuckUp before he says anything else, but hey, it's not like convicts build their reputations by following the rules.

Why did they even give you a spot on the radio show you weren't even funny.

[Special Ed]

Why did they even give you a spot on the radio show you weren't even funny.

Good job Noob. Now go back to MD and tell them they owe you a scoop of protein powder.

[thisiskeith12]

Good job Noob. Now go back to MD and tell them they owe you a scoop of protein powder.

Special Ed,

What was it like working with Billy Guns? At any point did you want to throw your stapler at him? Or stab him with your pen?