What about in the 2001 Mr O, Kevin Leverone wasn't a registered member of the IFBB nor did he have a contract to compete in the 2001 Olympia and the IFBB allowed Kevin Levrone to compete at the 11th hour. And the following is taken from Getbigs Shawn ray Interview -
Shawn said - The answer I got was 'the powers that be' allowed Kevin in. I didn't know who the 'powers that be' were? All I knew was that I did know who was the IFBB Vice President, and who was the head judge of the Olympia. Wayne Demilia and Jim Manion. And when they say someone is not going to be allowed in because of a rules violation, I expected those rules to get enforced. Which they weren't. Kevin wound up in 3rd place, I wound up in 4th place. A week after the show, Jay Cutler failed the diuretics test. He threatened a lawsuit, then the federation goes and throws out all of the drug tests, which I thought was ridiculous in and of itself. They said it was because the lab was not an IOC accredited lab, because their registration had expired? All that was mumbo jumbo, nobody in the federation on the athletes side heard of the drug facility having to be an official IOC lab without us being an Olympic sport. And the lab registration being expired sounded like smoke and mirrors.
Shawn's criticisms of the IFBB are well documented, what a hypocrite! I wish Shawn and Bob would stop pretending that the IFBB follow procedure, it is obvious the IFBB is whimsical and juvenile and have made a decision to make it as hard as possible for him to rejoin the IFBB.