Bob! Here's one for you... you say because Lee's membership has lapsed and because he couldn't renew, he's not currently a member of the IFBB, right?
Okay, so if he does the NOC in September, he's not breaking any IFBB rules, since he's not an IFBB member, right?
If so, why should that have any bearing on whether or not he gets reinstated for 2008? I understand in 2006 he was an IFBB member, and as such couldn't legally compete in 2006 NOC, so he was suspended. But how could the IFBB hold competing in the 2007 NOC against him when he applies for IFBB membership again in 2008, since he would not be breaking any IFBB rules by doing so?