Im not arguing the "minimum" size. But the small size is the current fashion. If a competitor wears a Steeve Reeves style of trunks on stage, he'll get laughed off of it. They know that and so do you. So why step on stage to get ridiculed?
And that hangup is called modesty. And that does prevent MANY people from becoming a competitive bodybuilder.
You're actually making my point...If a person doesnt want to be ridiculed, then he should never step on stage to begin with...the trunk size would be the LEAST of their problems when youre standing on stage, willingly, to be JUDGED on your physique.
Modesty? Now your changing your platform..your comment was that because of the size of the trunks, that there are many amateurs that would be competing that you've run accross over your 3 decades in the biz...so, I'm asuming that a decade ago it was the same, and the decade before that one, etc...
so these amateurs you ran accross in the 90's didnt want to compete because the trunks werent as big as in the 80's, and the one's in the 80's didnt want to compete because the trunks were smaller than in the 70's??
Maybe you should start a federation where pants are worn..."Mr. Upperbody" or the "Modesty Open". By your account, you should have HUNDREDS of amateurs knocking down your door...