The B&A Show -

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[TechnoViking]

It's more akin to the college athlete who cannot accept money....over a certain amount.

Chick, off topic

What brand/style of jeans do you wear that fit right over your quads? Thanks

[Chick]

Chick, off topic

What brand/style of jeans do you wear that fit right over your quads? Thanks

Mek's....had to try on a few different one's , but found one that fit

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Chick, off topic

What brand/style of jeans do you wear that fit right over your quads? Thanks

Dear God, please don't tell me that the above pic made you think of Bob in a pair of jeans. 

[Chick]

I used to wear Jeans that said "GUESS" on the back.......



problem was , people kept coming up to me saying "I dunno....260-270?"




Heyooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooo!!

[TechnoViking]

Dear God, please don't tell me that the above pic made you think of Bob in a pair of jeans. 

The fat ass and guess jeans did make me think how the fuck does she fit her ass in those jeans and then it did remind me of how hard it is for myself to find jeans...

 

[Disgusted]

I used to wear Jeans that said "GUESS" on the back.......



problem was , people kept coming up to me saying "I dunno....260-270?"




Heyooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooo!!

 

[TechnoViking]

Mek's....had to try on a few different one's , but found one that fit

thanks Chick

[Disgusted]

The fat ass and guess jeans did make me think how the fuck does she fit her ass in those jeans and then it did remind me of how hard it is for myself to find jeans...

 

Just messin, honest answer derserves props.  

[TechnoViking]

Just messin, honest answer derserves props.  

For that you get this

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For that you get this

Proof of God right there! 

[Alex23]

Bannings seem arbitrary anyway, I know for a complete fact that an IFBB pro competed in a non sanctioned contest of another federation where she won a small amount of money, and then went right back to the IFBB pro level with no issue whatsoever. I assume this was due to the fact she was a low level pro, not American, and no one probably noticed.

Also, not referring to male bodybuilders as there is money to be made there, but one has to wonder from the female perspective. There is piss all money to be made anyway - check the prize money for many womens pro events, sums like $6,000 total. Ben's show is actually paying out more than most pro level shows do for women anyway. I have to laugh, as an an "amateur" I personally have won more money than most female pros will ever see anyway, as many places worldwide it's normal to win prize money as an amatuer. It's all good anyway, speaking from an international perspective, I am sure there are plenty of international folk who won't mind pocketing $10,000 while the NPC squabbles.

I think it is great Ben is offering a choice, and if NPC folk want to stick with that of course that is understandable, but never a need to down a man trying to uplift bodybuilding in general.

How have you been sweetie pie? Sorry for not calling you back. .... saw your msg. Check your PMs.

[TooPowerful4u]

I used to wear Jeans that said "GUESS" on the back.......



problem was , people kept coming up to me saying "I dunno....260-270?"




Heyooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooo!!

That wasnt that funny....UNTIL he added the "heyoooo" LOL

[ben 1]

No matter what the NPC ad IFBB are making threats to Ben they would never ever follow through with.  No way in the world would they ever voluntarily have any issue go to court.  Also, Ben is not an organization.  The NPC competitors are NOT competing in another organization.  Ben's show is like if the Hard Rock Cafe put on a show for the Best Body and some BB entered.  It is not sanctioned nor is it a federation or organization.  I hope plenty of NPC guys enter and the NPC suspends them.  Then I hope whoever gets suspended takes the NPC to court.  Now that would be hilarious.  Their suspension would be lifted in no time.  And I would also bet those guys would never place in a NPC contest again.  I am just hoping Ben sticks with it.  Picks up some sponsors other than supplement companies or any company associated with the NPC, IFBB or bodybuilding at all.  Once you go after those sponsors the IFBB wil contact those sponsors and threaten them and Ben will be left with no sponsors.  He as to go after companies not associated.  The NPC or IFBB do not go after sponsors outside the industry simply because they can't control them.  That is a fact.

That is right,that is us,I said it over and over again"We are not an Organization,not sanctioned by anybody,we are only a Production company"
and yes our sponsors have been blackmailed by the IFBB

[onlyme]

The issue arises only within the Pro division...as an amateur, you cannot prohibit competitors from competing in other AMATEUR competitions, no matter what the federation.

The question at large is that the B&A show is offering prize money which makes it a "pro" event by definition, resulting in  a NPC amateur putting his amateur standing at risk.

Chic you can't be anymore off.  Just because you offer money does NOT make it a professional event.  Please call your boss back.  that would make any contest that happens in a bar a professional event.  that makes all the costume parties during Halloween a professional event.  If you win money at a bikini contest does that make you a professional.  This is NOT a recoginized organization or federation putting on an event.  I promise you that the NPC and IFBB would no way in hell go to court over this. 

[onlyme]

Two different federations....two different people running them.

again with the semantics.  The NPC is like a minor league team affiliated with a major league team.  The IFBB gets there players from the NPC.  When was the last time an IFBB pro came from an organization other than the NPC (I am talking in the US).  It might be two different people running each company but they all play for the same team.  note: I am sorry for putting baseball and bodybuilding in the same sentence.

[onlyme]

Chic, if a NPC member works on a movie as a bodybuilder does he lose his status as an amateur.   They are getting paid as a bodybuilder so does that make them a pro now. 

[Lift Studios]

Chic, if a NPC member works on a movie as a bodybuilder does he lose his status as an amateur.   They are getting paid as a bodybuilder so does that make them a pro now. 

They are getting paid as an actor. Just like you were paid to ACT like you were strong. Remember those days?   

[Determinator]

They are getting paid as an actor. Just like you were paid to ACT like you were strong. Remember those days?   

How you get paid for being a photographer baffles me

[ibfasport]

there does not seem to be any rules regarding amateur status at the international level of the IFBB, so each country's organization can set their own rules.

at this year Amateur Arnold Classics, in the USA, fake European amateurs (in the fact professionals) compete with true amateurs athletes of NPC

why they have not competed with Dexter, Badell, Freeman etc?

[kmhphoto]

at this year Amateur Arnold Classics, in the USA, fake European amateurs (in the fact professionals) compete with true amateurs athletes of NPC

why they have not competed with Dexter, Badell, Freeman etc?

If the IFBB does not recognise other organisations then a professional athlete would have to compete as an amateur?
Individual countries affiliated to the IFBB have endorsed applications for professional status without competing as an amateur. The UK did it for Charles Clairmonte. Nobody in the amateur ranks was upset!

[TooPowerful4u]

somebody over at musclehedz must read getbig...i got this this morning lol

[onlyme]

They are getting paid as an actor. Just like you were paid to ACT like you were strong. Remember those days?   

Yes those were the days

[Chick]

Chic, if a NPC member works on a movie as a bodybuilder does he lose his status as an amateur.   They are getting paid as a bodybuilder so does that make them a pro now. 

Wouldn't he be working as an actor?

[onlyme]

Wouldn't he be working as an actor?

I don't know, I was just asking