Here's what I'd do if I ran the Olympia ...... How bout YOU!?
If I ran the Oly, I'd invite 90 of the biggest "expert", GetBig members (and you guys can pick just who they are), divide them into ten groups of 9 men/women each, sit them up front as close to the official Judging table as possible, give them a pencil and a score sheet, and let each group of nine "GetBig Test Officials" judge the event during the Friday Night "prejudging" as they see fit.
Once the prejudging is finished, an "official or team of officials" as designated by the GetBig members (I recommend none other than Ron and/or Chick and/or myself who appear to be the most honest and intelligent and knowledgeable GetBig members presently available) would compute the individual scores as submitted by each of the nine-member GetBig Judging Panels.
The judging panel that comes closest to the Official Judging Panel final results would henceforth be invited to participate as the "unofficial judging panel" at all future IFBB events held within the US during the following 12 month time period.
The expenses (transportation, hotel, meals, and $80 a day spending money) would be paid by GetBig contributors, IFBB monies, and any interested sponsors.
This would help to alleviate numerous claims that an event is "fixed" or possibly even provide evidence to the contrary.
This is an original idea and can be remolded to benefit all involved if thought out and administered properly.
Based on my passed experience, those who complain the loudest regarding the results of any BB contest; usually are teh first to change their mind when given the opportunity to sit in as a "non-official judge". We used to call them "Test Judges" and many of them would simply throw there hands up in the air half way through a contest because of the difficulty of the expenience in the process.
From that point on, they rarely complained.
Any other half-assed Oly ideas out there?