what was he banned for life from those gyms for?
He was a complete asshole to Joe Gold and from what I understand paid his gym memberships with bounced checks..we'll prob never know the truth(Whatever the case is, he has two lifetime bans from 2 different gyms). Romano's stiffed a lot of people in his lifetime and was convicted of wire fraud so it pretty much answers that question.
Again, don't get me wrong....MD needs to be cleaned up as far as content is concerned but when it comes to advertising, you really get your money's worth in exposure...especially in the back of the magazine with the mini ads because most people always check the little ads for the hardcore stuff.
Yea, the advertising exposure is so good that even with Romano's punk ass banning me from MD.com, I won't pull out my ads. Even Bentencourt had to apologize to get his space back.
Gotta pay the bills you know.
However, eventually people WILL GET TIRED OF READING THE SAME OLD BULLSHIT and want some real content. Its time for the old guard to go...at least the leeches in the company because they are a true embarrassment.