what was the romano quote? I didn't hear that?
I don't know where the exact quote is and don't feel like rummaging for it, but here's the deal. John Romano posed the idea to Steve Blechman to just cut all of their athlete contracts if this was going to inhibit their guys from winning the Olympia. After last year's debacle, they saw Victor get majorly SCREWED out of the title and Dennis Wolf get screwed out of a higher placing. Dennis probably looked better last year and came in 5th. MD is ostracized from the other bodybuilding mags to their own choosing...they attempt to call it like it is (although that board is terribly moderated by a bunch of lamebrains), but I'm not sure if they understand there is going to be a little blowback from the industry for their "No Bull" approach.
It just doesn't make much sense to me that Dexter leaves MD and receives a ton of publicity as the primere athlete at AMI/Weider along with Jay Cutler; he then wins the Mr. Olympia in less than 100% shape. Dex got aligned with the right group of guys, then BOOM!
There's just something to the idea that being with MD is not a good idea for a top athlete. This is a subjective sport and politics DO MATTER.