And no matter what that original pudden tastes like, through the years its proven to be a big success and sells like hotcakes.
And up to now when any other master-blaster-chef tries to change that pudden recipe, the pudden falls flat in its baken bowl.
the fallacy of this line of argument is that the "pudding" of today is not the same as what it was 15 years ago, which is not what it was 30 years ago, and 45 years ago. Amateur contests are very different today than what they were in years past. Pro bodybuilding today is very different than in years past. Times change. Athletes change. Fans change.
the problem with lifetime appointments, be it executives, promoters, or judges, whether it's official lifetime appointments or by default, is that what's in the best interest of the officials is not always the same as what's in the best interest of the athletes and fans. The officials want to maximize their personal income up until their retirement. If they feel the pie can't get any bigger, then if someone else gets a piece of it, there is less of it for them.
In the 1960s the Weiders were successful because they offered something different. In the AAU, the winner of a contest was suppose to be the one who best represented the American male. So athletes were judged on complexion, speaking ability, athletic ability in other sports, as well as physiques. The Weiders offered something different, that a bodybuilding contest should be about physiques only. The fans and athletes voted over many years and the Weiders point of view won out. And they got very rich because of that.
bodybuilding in its current form is not doing so well. the people in the NPC are either oblivious to that, or just don't know how to fix it. or perhaps they feel it can't be fixed, and they just hope it will last until they reach retirement. but their biggest fear is that someone else may figure it out and they suddenly become superfluous.
