IN SOME RICH COUNTRY WHICH , DON'T HAVE BODYBUILDERS, LIKE QATAR, THEY BUY THEM AS THEY DID WHEN THEY BUY ALI TABRIZI FROM IRAN, AND KAMAL ABDULSALAM FROM LYBIA AND QATAR FEDERATION PAY THEM MONTHLY SALARY NOT LESS THAN 3000 US $ + CAR + ACCOMMODATION, AND CASH MONEY IF THEY WIN:
1. GOLD MEDAL IN ARAB CHAMPIONSHIP = 15000 US $
2. " " " ASIA " = 20000 US $
3. " " " WOLD " = 25000 US $
4. ASIAN GMAES = 250000 - 500000 US $
THEY ARE RICH AND WANTS TO REACH TO THE TOP, NOT ONLY IN THE SPORT OF BODYBUILDING IN OTHER SPORTS LIKE:
* BASKETBALL.
* FOOTBALL
* ATHELTES
* HANDBALL
* WEIGHTLIFTING, AND OTHERS.
BEST WISHES AND RESPECT.
The most salary was given by Bahrain federation as they paid their bbers US$2700/month for a complete year to prepare for Asian games in 06 and World Championship in 07 … the reduced it a bit in 08 to US$2200/month … and the reward for winning are not Standard in Bahrain but are pretty good … houses + jobs + car and so on
As for Qatar … they provided accommodation + US$1500 per month all year long (nothing more) and they did nearly 3-4 shows a year … of course their traveling expenses with their spouses to the host country + accommodation + pocket money was all taken care off
However the reward for the Winning the Overall World Championship in 06 was 250000 Dirham … which sums to US$66000 … in 08 they paid Kamal US$133000 for winning his weight class only … which was handed to him by Rafael as he was there for the Qatar Gold Cup (where Kamal Also took home another check for US$27,000 for winning that show)
In Saudi it is not like that … the bbers are lucky if they get chosen to compete and then they have to prepare from their own pocket and even if they win … they don’t get shit …
Amateur bbers will lose a lot of endorsement from what they get from their federations … and even if their federation doesn’t pay them they at least get the travel expenses + the allowance to compete in the IFBB as without the good wills of their local federation they can’t compete
Turning pro is a dream to a lot of people who don’t know the field …but once they compete they know that it is totally a different ball game and they come back like what happened with Kamal and Shahat who are multiple time world champion but didn’t do well with the big dogs when they turned pro … most of it goes to back of now knowing how to deal with eh pro ranks … and don’t understand how the judging system takes place … even in the amateur rank … 99% of the bbers don’t know how a show id judged … they just know pre-judging and final (and a lot of people think that during the prejudging placing are determined of 75% of the judging is done – wich is nothing farther from the truth)