NPC USA: Peter Putnam should not have won his class!

[YoungBlood]

Like I said earlier, he lost an eye as a kid. As I understand it, he was shot in a random drive by shooting while playing out in his front yard. One of his eyes is fake.

That explains the reason why "thisiskeith" and myself noticed he was cross-eyed.
But it also has nothing to do with the fact that we're the only two (at least that I read, in this thread) that said something about it.

[JaggyShortBuff]

Like I said earlier, he lost an eye as a kid. As I understand it, he was shot in a random drive by shooting while playing out in his front yard. One of his eyes is fake.

I thought you just kidding about that...He really got shot in the eye??

[tweeter]

I thought you just kidding about that...He really got shot in the eye??

Yes, it has been talked about online before and I think I saw it in a magazine once too. I remember his wife telling the story on the professionalmuscle boards a while back.

[JaggyShortBuff]

Yes, it has been talked about online before and I think I saw it in a magazine once too. I remember his wife telling the story on the professionalmuscle boards a while back.

Do you think his handicap helped his placing?? 

[tweeter]

Do you think his handicap helped his placing?? 

No, I doubt a fake eye makes you more marketable.

[gymguy]

YES, he should have.  AND he should have gotten the second pro card, too.  He was ripped and symmetrical.

[thisiskeith12]

To me, Putnam is not a marketable guy as much as Auguste is.

[akers1021]

To me, Putnam is not a marketable guy as much as Auguste is.

I have to disagree with you here... Putnam is WAY more marketable, the blonde hair, blue eyed "all american guy" look is WAY more marketable than a "gangsta" from the hood.  This look is what will help take BB mainstream... wait a sec did I just type that, nevermind, BB will NEVER go mainstream, but hey hot dog eating contest and poker will

[tommywishbone]

How will that back do on the IFBB pro stage against the likes of Vic Martinez, Cutler, and others?

I hear this dude took 4th at the Cal last month.

[SWOLETRAIN]

Can you beleive this gymrat got a flex cover!!!! ahhh that bugs me. He is such a nobody

[thisiskeith12]

I have to disagree with you here... Putnam is WAY more marketable, the blonde hair, blue eyed "all american guy" look is WAY more marketable than a "gangsta" from the hood.  This look is what will help take BB mainstream... wait a sec did I just type that, nevermind, BB will NEVER go mainstream, but hey hot dog eating contest and poker will

Wow, monster racism. Auguste is a clean-shaven non-tattooed and NON-gangsta black guy.

Putnam, on the other hand has a tattoo and a down sydrome type look because of his eye. Not all blonde haired blue eyed people are marketable.

[bigdumbbell]

It's not marketable on a large-scale basis (tv dollars like you see with NFL or MLB), but I think it is fairly successful, for what it is (a male beauty pageant).  You can get monthly muscle mags in different flavors at any grocery store in America.  That alone is huge.  And the supplements?  Consumers in America buy $400 million worth of creatine every year.    That's mindboggling.  

dont tell us about marketing with a screaming tarzan cartoon in your corner

[jason armstrong]

we all know why he won Robbie (240)  it still don't make it right.
But then again it's the IFBB....NPC ....

Where's the PDI when you need them...hahahahahaha!

Pete looks good but he didn't deserve to win, he'll get his pro card at the next show he does.

[sgt. d]

we all know why he won Robbie (240)  it still don't make it right.
But then again it's the IFBB....NPC ....

Where's the PDI when you need them...hahahahahaha!

Pete looks good but he didn't deserve to win, he'll get his pro card at the next show he does.

The Pdi is alive and going strong. We have over 5 million bodybuilders that could place top 5 in the Mr. O. Check out our wonderful website if you dont believe me. Our pdi rep Jack London and Wayne is doing a good job getting the athletes cheese in their pockets.

[MikeThaMachine]

Here is a better pic that shows him next to Auguste. Auguste doesn't know how to hit the pose right.

Yeah he looks great but poses like a retarded version of Paul Dillet.

[musclecenter]

 Peter Putnam with black posing-trunk

[musclecenter]

More pics from Flex Online

[Thin Lizzy]

In the same way that the back-up quarterback is always a fan favorite, so is the guy who comes in second at a bodybuilding contest. They're just not judged as critically as the starter/winner.

Putnam, while he certainly had flaws, was the most polished bodybuilder on stage. Auguste has a wide back, but has zero lower lat development, His quads have no cuts and his calves are non-existant.

The right guy won.

[Pete Nice]

Marketable?? He's cross-eyed and has no eye-brows. And that hair... 

[Lift Studios]

There's no need to personally attack the guy with things out of his control. I personally had him in second and mentioned it on the wrap up video on IRONMAN and Bodybuilding.com. He'll be back for Nationals and we'll see how he fairs there.

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2007usa/ltpre.mov

The three of us all look wasted, it was a long ass day.

[BAZZERKER]

His legs are one of his best bodyparts

upper body over powers his legs... ripped quads though

[Lift Studios]

Big Man Bui rants about Putnam on his myspace:


Before I starting typing this paragraph, just thinking about the controversial events that transpired in this next class made me literally sick to my stomach. True to form as most NPC national shows that I have been to, controversy marred what was suppose to be a free-for-all chance of a lifetime to earn an IFBB pro card. The talent … veterans Manny Torres and Al Auguste, and "dark horse" Mark Perry. The HYPE … magazine cover-boy and MET-Rx athlete, Peter Putnam. I met Peter a few years back in Pittsburgh while I was attending Jim Manion's Pittsburgy Pro Figure Show. He was a very nice guy with big dreams of one day earning an IFBB pro card. He spoke very highly of himself, which left a bad taste in my mouth … I thought to myself after our brief conversation, "This kid hasn't even competed in a national level show and he already is starting to become a legend in his own mind." He placed second last year in the Light-heavyweight Class, which I thought was a gift … and this year, he would be given another one as his name was announced the class champion amidst the crowd's cacophonic roar of displeasure.

The "booing" in the audience was deafening as almost everyone present made it clear their disapproval of the judges' decision to crown Peter Putnam the 2007 USA Light-heavyweight Champion. So ironic, that the exact same thing happened in the exact same class at last year's NPC Nationals in South Beach (Miami), FL. I sat there thinking to myself, "What the FUCK is up with the judging in this class?" Of all of the national level shows that I have attended, the Light-heavyweight Class seems to garner the most controversial calls. I truly believe that the controversy generated within the judging does nothing to help the sport and everything to destroy it. IT FUCKIN' SICKENS ME and leaves everyone completely bewildered on what the hell is being judged. It is starting to look like fuckin' high school as popularity seems to be a more important factor than sheer talent. How can the NPC possibly expect people to spend their hard-earned dollars to come out and support their friends and family members when they are NOT confident that the system will judge fairly? I understand that the sport is subjective, but "FUCKIN'-A", THERE DOES EXIST A SET OF GUIDELINES TO JUDGE BY … SYMMETRY, CONDITIONING, AND MUSCULARITY TO NAME A FEW.

[AllDrugs]

There is a difference between having "dreams" and being DELUSIONAL.

[Livewire]

Big Man Bui rants about Putnam on his myspace:


Before I starting typing this paragraph, just thinking about the controversial events that transpired in this next class made me literally sick to my stomach. True to form as most NPC national shows that I have been to, controversy marred what was suppose to be a free-for-all chance of a lifetime to earn an IFBB pro card. The talent … veterans Manny Torres and Al Auguste, and "dark horse" Mark Perry. The HYPE … magazine cover-boy and MET-Rx athlete, Peter Putnam. I met Peter a few years back in Pittsburgh while I was attending Jim Manion's Pittsburgy Pro Figure Show. He was a very nice guy with big dreams of one day earning an IFBB pro card. He spoke very highly of himself, which left a bad taste in my mouth … I thought to myself after our brief conversation, "This kid hasn't even competed in a national level show and he already is starting to become a legend in his own mind." He placed second last year in the Light-heavyweight Class, which I thought was a gift … and this year, he would be given another one as his name was announced the class champion amidst the crowd's cacophonic roar of displeasure.

The "booing" in the audience was deafening as almost everyone present made it clear their disapproval of the judges' decision to crown Peter Putnam the 2007 USA Light-heavyweight Champion. So ironic, that the exact same thing happened in the exact same class at last year's NPC Nationals in South Beach (Miami), FL. I sat there thinking to myself, "What the FUCK is up with the judging in this class?" Of all of the national level shows that I have attended, the Light-heavyweight Class seems to garner the most controversial calls. I truly believe that the controversy generated within the judging does nothing to help the sport and everything to destroy it. IT FUCKIN' SICKENS ME and leaves everyone completely bewildered on what the hell is being judged. It is starting to look like fuckin' high school as popularity seems to be a more important factor than sheer talent. How can the NPC possibly expect people to spend their hard-earned dollars to come out and support their friends and family members when they are NOT confident that the system will judge fairly? I understand that the sport is subjective, but "FUCKIN'-A", THERE DOES EXIST A SET OF GUIDELINES TO JUDGE BY … SYMMETRY, CONDITIONING, AND MUSCULARITY TO NAME A FEW.

Awesome post by Erik Bui!

[Pete Nice]

a wise man that Eryk Bui