okay firstly for a professional organisation the IFBB isn't acting very professional or smart. Like him or not Lee Priest is popular and a draw card, people are going to want to see him and talk to him etc at shows, so the IFBB is missing another draw card athlete and in a fringe sport that's not always a good thing. In terms of professionalism Lee doesn't exactly embody this but neither does the IFBB on this matter, the decision reeks of a personal agenda hidden by 'rules', which as been pointed out aren't always followed to the letter by the IFBB anyway.
Also to all the bashing of Chick as the athletes rep i'd just like to ask how many of the posters in this forum are IFBB pros for which Chick is a rep? I'm guessing zero! So he really doesn't have to answer anything to you and in fact his loyalty on matters like this should be with the IFBB and not with the fans, if this was a debate purely involving IFBB pros and they were asking these questions, then yes i'd think he was a poor athletes rep if everything the athletes brought up was shot down by him with IFBB nonsense. I'm not saying this is what Chick does by the way cause i'm not an IFBB athlete so he's not my rep, therefore i have no way to say whether he is good or not, all i'm saying is he has no obligation to you 'fans' so stop trying to make it sound like he's screwing you.