You guys are missing some of my points. Drug testing will not wipe drug use out and it isn't meant to, much like diuretic testing doesn't end their usage, just curbs it. Competitors still use them to lose water, but they dodge the riskier ones. Steroid testing would limit guys to a few compounds, GH slin low doses of test, some orals etc. I think this will actually ADVANCE bodybuilding and I will tell you why. In the short run, naturally guys will come down in size, and those with the best genes work ethic and probably money will surface to the top. Competitors won't look the same, down in size condition etc. but we the bodybuilding fans will still support it! And we will be more proud because we know these guys are going out there on a lot less shit. The physiques you see will be more of a product of hard work dedication etc.
THEN (and this is important) advances in training, nutrition legal supplementation etc will come around by default. Supplement companies will be racing around trying to find some TRULY advanced compounds BECAUSE they know since their guys in the IFBB now have CREDIBILITY, customers will be racing out to get the shit that put 20 pounds on so and so. Mainstream media will probably try and ignore bodybuilding for a couple years, but news of drug testing will spread and they will be forced to cover it. People around the country will actually go to the gym after picking up a flex while in line at a grocery store. Supplement companies, flush with new green, will be pumping tons of money into contests, competitors will start seeing some very lucrative contracts and bodybuilding will fucking GROW not recede like it has been. YES THE GUYS WILL LOSE SIZE AND CONDITION BUT SO WHAT! Stop looking at today and look at 5, 10 years from now! I have been into this sport since I was 14, so 13 years now I have seen a lot I feel what I am saying is the truth.
Also DO NOT underestimate the DEA and FBI, if they get the itch from congress they will wipe steroids off the map trust me they can if they WANT TO. Right now sources get popped from time to time, usually they sell recs thus the get put at the top of the list. Some sources roll of course (kjuck anyone?) but the point is if you sell sauce online, chances are they know about it. If you peddle gear at your local golds, chances are they know. You just sit nicely at the bottom of the list until something changes and they want you all there is to it. Enough wrestlers have died, enough bodybuilders there is enough attention from congress I think the time is now to act. Maybe the PDI can start something, already we have seen a shift in the judging away from mass monsters, drug testing is the next logical step.
