Problems with this sport...

[John Smith from Canada]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

[mass 04]

oh brother, we got a live one.

[NarcissisticDeity]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

It's a fringe sport it will never be as big as mainstream sports , although prize money has gone up consistently you wont ever see massive NFL NBA MLB type pay-days

[bigdumbbell]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

R u sure you're not Mary Queen of Scots in drag?

[ripitupbaby]

oh brother, we got a live one.

 

[G o a t b o y]

Hey John!  Do you know Matt Tsinkorang?  He lives in Canada too (when he's not in Dubai, India or hanging with Will Harris in Venice).

[The GodFather]

Ask some of The Promoters that post here and ask them why they do it.They will say they Don't make any money they do it for Love.Yeah sure they do TAX FREE DOLLARS Baby.If they do it for Love why not drop the cover charge.The sponsors pick up most of the costs and get Fuk All from it.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmm

[J Grey]

millions of dollars in prizes and no drugs? that's the opposite of what will happen
they'd use even more cuz now it's not for 100 thousand it's for ten times as much

[G o a t b o y]

Ask some of The Promoters that post here and ask them why they do it.They will say they Don't make any money they do it for Love.Yeah sure they do TAX FREE DOLLARS Baby.If they do it for Love why not drop the cover charge.The sponsors pick up most of the costs and get Fuk All from it.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmm

Promotors for the most part don't make money.  Bobybuilding shows (with the exception of the O and ASC) are money losers.   Ask Shawn Ray. 

Some of them are too stupid to understand they don't make money (which is why you see a lot of one or two time shows), and some just do it to get "up close and personal" with the oiled men in thongs.

The only $ in this industry comes from supplements.

[tommywishbone]

Yo Smitty! Go fuck yourself.

[hazbin]

John!   Are you familiar with Vince Basile?   He won your country's national bodybuilding championship in 1970!

1971

[just_a_pilgrim]

1971

Well i think Mr.Canada 1970 was rigged and Vince should be a 2 time winner!

[elite_lifter]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

[WillGrant]

no other *sport* has soo many prostitutes participating.
 
a pro makes his money from working as a prostitute.. not winning contests.
 
the problem is that pros are marketed as hyper masculine play toys to the homosexual community.
 
because that's who wants heavily muscled men.
 
the sport will always be seedy.

James , are you saying gays are seedy?

[LatsMcGee]

He said "sport."

[kiwiol]

He won your country's national bodybuilding championship in 1970!

Is that 1970 BC or 1970 AD

[WillGrant]

no more seedy than straight men. I was referring to the *selling of ass* rampant in pro bodybuilding.. among other things.

Im not seedy , Im quite open about being a pervert 

[Tre]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

What are you talking about?  There's tons of money in bodybuilding.

I know guys who are being paid $20,000 a month and they don't even have jobs!

Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean the money isn't there.

[hipolito mejia]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

Without drugs no "sport"

with drugs no mainstream = (no $$$$)

DEAD end.

[divcom]

What are you talking about?  There's tons of money in bodybuilding.

I know guys who are being paid $20,000 a month and they don't even have jobs!

Just because you don't know about it doesn't mean the money isn't there.

who are they?  i can see ronnie (bsn out the gates), dex (not the marketable if you ask me), jay (white surfer blond type) and maybe phil (if you think he is worth that much) but who else?  sorry...you can get more mileage selling your sups with a couple of low end runway models and nfl/nba players.  

$250K to a bber yearly.  that's a hard one to digest.

[BayGBM]

Do pro bowlers make more than pro bodybuilders?  How big is the audience for bowling?  Bigger or smaller than bodybuilding?

[Tapeworm]

Do pro bowlers make more than pro bodybuilders?  How big is the audience for bowling?  Bigger or smaller than bodybuilding?

Thay don't workout but they've got a lot of mass from all the beer and pizza, so I'd say bigger.  In a rumble I'd have to give it to the bowlers. 

[emn1964]

There's too much drugs and too little money for the athletes. IMO. It would be nice to see prizes in the millions of dollars. That's what I want to see: less drugs and more money. Will it ever happen?

If you say it will happen John Smith from Canada then it will be so.

[THEBOSS]

  This isnt a sport ! Hope this helps !  for the record people do this to look better and get laid more ! doing it for anything else is pretty lame !

[John Smith from Canada]

This isnt a sport ! Hope this helps !  for the record people do this to look better and get laid more ! doing it for anything else is pretty lame !

Thanks for your posts guys and all your help. Not a sport? Really? As far as I know it's a sport. Pic up most any bodybuilding book, and you will read that this is a sport. If it looks like a duck, it is a duck... hehehe. So, yeah, a sport is a sport, is a sport.

Anyway, Arnold said that it's a sport, so it must be a sport, right?