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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #50 on: November 18, 2010, 06:35:13 PM »
Of course. Bodybuilding is a ver family-friendly atmosphere. Lots of soccer Moms and businessmen love to go to a bodybuilding show on the weekend and cheer for their favorite bodybuilder. All in good fun.

Just because bodybuilding is not popular does not make it gay.  There are soccer moms and businessmen in attendance; along with former competitors, family, friends, gym rats, and anyone else who follows bodybuilding.   

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #51 on: November 18, 2010, 06:39:07 PM »
when i was a kid, my dad would take me, my mom, my little brother and my sis to all kinds of fun things on the weekends like the zoo, and baseball games, and the movies, and bodybuilding shows . . .

While you're trying to be funny, the truth is actually the complete opposite...it was ME that took my folks and brother and sister and friends to MY BB competitions, and they always obliged to support me, and had a great time in the process...this would reflect most of what makes up the fanbase, especially at the NPC level...

Lots of great memories and travel, got to meet lots of interesting people along the way as well as opportunities and networking over the years...

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #52 on: November 18, 2010, 06:44:48 PM »
While you're trying to be funny, the truth is actually the complete opposite...it was ME that took my folks and brother and sister and friends to MY BB competitions, and they always obliged to support me, and had a great time in the process...this would reflect most of what makes up the fanbase, especially at the NPC level...

Lots of great memories and travel, got to meet lots of interesting people along the way as well as opportunities and networking over the years...

Please tell me you don't take your children to the expos to see the freaks and fitness sluts of the industry or to watch the show of middle aged men in baby oil shaking their g string butts to music

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #53 on: November 18, 2010, 06:55:06 PM »
It's gay. And now the male physique division is basically just a way for schmoes to see local male strippers on stage. Polymorphism.

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« Reply #54 on: November 18, 2010, 06:59:56 PM »
How many sports introduce their new athletes as "barely legal freaks"?  Choir, can I get an amen?
 
This is NO disrespect to Trey as he is obviously gifted and a very good BB but the TITLE of the video is so so obviously crafted to entice the mind of homo freaks w/ fetishes for YOUNG 'boys' with lots of muscles.

"BARELY LEGAL FREAK"
wtf?
are you advertising some kind of porno?
how is he barely legal? hes 23?  barely legal for gay sex?!?!?! ::)

bill comstock are you trying to recruite him to g4p?

yes it is gay but what do you guys think of all of the false measurement claims. i mean does anyone have 35-38inch quads

If Trey was after the gay market, he got them. This video is already all over gay forums and user groups. Gay fans are the most loyal of all fans and have money.  I suppose he wanted them as a good base to help launch his career. Not a bad move. A lot of celebrities follow the same formula. They court the gay audience because they are not as fickle and will not abandon when when things get tough.

definitely a homoerotic video.

They're not even pretending anymore.....just straight "gayness for sale".  :-\


 
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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #55 on: November 18, 2010, 07:01:27 PM »
I dont think all that effort is needed to prove Bob wrong

When chick gets done viewing 1 guy 2 teens thread on the more explicit sex board, he'll come back here to talk about how bodybuilding is centered around moral values

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #56 on: November 18, 2010, 07:14:48 PM »
How many sports introduce their new athletes as "barely legal freaks"?  Choir, can I get an amen?
 

 
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I know...look what the NFL has done

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/fantasyjoe/post/2010/11/studs-duds-dez-bryant/1


Studs?  Duds?  Hot??  WTF...."fantasy"...what kind of fantasy..??

Holy shit...the whole world is GAY....!!

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #57 on: November 18, 2010, 07:21:47 PM »
I know...look what the NFL has done

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/fantasyjoe/post/2010/11/studs-duds-dez-bryant/1


Studs?  Duds?  Hot??  WTF...."fantasy"...what kind of fantasy..??

Holy shit...the whole world is GAY....!!

The "They do it too!" argument does not work to justify actions. For example, the argument that "Well since football teams sell football players, it's right for individuals to sell other individuals (human trafficking)".

This is a stupid technique

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« Reply #58 on: November 18, 2010, 07:31:53 PM »
The "They do it too!" argument does not work to justify actions. For example, the argument that "Well since football teams sell football players, it's right for individuals to sell other individuals (human trafficking)".

This is a stupid technique

Are you stoned?  That has to be the single dumbest analogy I've ever seen....

With Bay's mentality, this means the NFL is gay as well....this the reasoning for the example....GET IT??

Besides, lets look at it...guys running around with tight, form fitting uniforms, tackling each other, names like "tight end" and "wide receiver" quarterback with his hands under the centers balls, audience of mostly men cheering them on...obviously made to pertain to the gay community

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #59 on: November 18, 2010, 07:36:33 PM »
Are you stoned?  That has to be the single dumbest analogy I've ever seen....

With Bay's mentality, this means the NFL is gay as well....this the reasoning for the example....GET IT??

Besides, lets look at it...guys running around with tight, form fitting uniforms, tackling each other, names like "tight end" and "wide receiver" quarterback with his hands under the centers balls, audience of mostly men cheering them on...obviously made to pertain to the gay community

You're justifying the gayness of bodybuilding by saying that other sports are also gay (If football is gay, and here is how football is gay, but football is not gay, so therefore bodybuilding is not gay). You do the same thing with saying steroid use is okay, because other sports have steroid users. You do it with everything. By saying things like "Gay people are also in basketball" or whatever sport you want to compare bodybuilding with on a given night. This is how you shun the bad part of bodybuilding. It does not justify the bad part of bodybuilding existing.

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #60 on: November 18, 2010, 07:36:41 PM »

No, they're not. They're competing in the sport of BB to an audience of the  paying public, mostly made up of family, industry people, fans, women, men, children, and yes...I'm sure there are some bi-curious and gay men as well.....just as there are at the movies, a football game, baseball game, mma, etc...

Straight men who dont have any insecurities, have no issue with going to a BB show and supportiung their friend/ father/ son/ etc on stage.....as there is nothing inherently "gay" about hitting poses and having a competition...in YOUR mind, it plays a little differently, but it seems you cant grasp the idea that you and I are looking at the same thing but viewing it completely different.



you are absolutely right chick. don't feed into all these guys man. most of them get on here to bash bbing probably don't even workout let alone have every competed
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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #61 on: November 18, 2010, 07:39:31 PM »

you are absolutely right chick. don't feed into all these guys man. most of them get on here to bash bbing probably don't even workout let alone have every competed

Yes. People that step on stage in a thong in front of a cheering audience to grind their flexed ass to music are the ONLY ones that should be listened to and are the ONLY ones that deserve the right to be heard, because they are better than everybody else in society.

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #62 on: November 18, 2010, 08:32:04 PM »
You're justifying the gayness of bodybuilding by saying that other sports are also gay (If football is gay, and here is how football is gay, but football is not gay, so therefore bodybuilding is not gay). You do the same thing with saying steroid use is okay, because other sports have steroid users. You do it with everything. By saying things like "Gay people are also in basketball" or whatever sport you want to compare bodybuilding with on a given night. This is how you shun the bad part of bodybuilding. It does not justify the bad part of bodybuilding existing.

also, Chick has shrugged off all the lies of the supplement companies re their snake oils by comparing it to parents lying to their kids about santa claus & the tooth fairy hahaha.

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #63 on: November 18, 2010, 08:46:51 PM »
also, Chick has shrugged off all the lies of the supplement companies re their snake oils by comparing it to parents lying to their kids about santa claus & the tooth fairy hahaha.

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« Reply #64 on: November 18, 2010, 10:32:12 PM »
What pro or amateur show is that from? ::)

The Joe Weider bedroom classic perhaps?

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #65 on: November 18, 2010, 10:34:46 PM »
NEW YORK — American Media Inc, publisher of the National Enquirer and Star supermarket tabloids as well as body-toning magazines such as Men's Fitness, on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The filing follows American Media's announcement on November 1 that it won support from most of its bondholders for a debt-for-equity restructuring plan to reduce debt and improve cash flow.

American Media's "prepackaged" bankruptcy is designed to allow a quick restructuring.

The company, which has offices in New York and Boca Raton, Florida, has said it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 within 60 days of filing.

American Media and more than one dozen affiliates sought protection with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Manhattan.

The company has more than $1 billion of liabilities, a court filing shows. Its titles also include Flex, Muscle & Fitness, Natural Health and Shape.

The case is In re: American Media Inc, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, No. 10-16040.

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Star magazine and National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc. officially filed its pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan today in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The restructuring petition was agreed upon by bondholders holding more than 75 percent of the company’s bond debt and secured lenders holding more than 70 percent of its bank debt.

AMI was a bit more specific about the breakdown in a statement announcing the filing:

The Prepackaged Plan, which has been approved by the majority of creditors entitled to vote on the Prepackaged Plan, contemplates that, among other things, holders of secured term facility claims will receive a combination of cash and new second lien notes; holders of secured revolver claims will be paid in full; holders of subordinated notes will receive stock in the reorganized Company; and holders of trade claims will be paid in full.

In addition to the main petition, AMI also filed a handful of motions requesting a number of things, among them: to continue employee wage and benefits programs; to honor current customer programs without interruption; and to pay creditors in the “ordinary course of business.”  AMI says it does not intend to seek debtor-in-possession financing.

AMI announced earlier this month that it was moving toward filing a pre-packaged bankruptcy plan that would “significantly de-lever” its balance sheet. The company says it expects to emerge from the process within 60 days.

Earlier today, it was reported that Valerie Latona, the editor of AMI’s Shape magazine, is no longer with the magazine. Latona, who came under fire after a recent cover story featuring singer LeAnn Rimes, will be replaced by Star beauty and fashion director Tara Kraft.




I hear Melvin's "Muscle World Order" is going to bank roll AMI and keep them out of bankruptcy

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #66 on: November 18, 2010, 11:57:13 PM »
Bodybuilding magazines are there for one thing, selling products. SInce the gay and bi population only represents a very small minority of the population, it would be very silly marketing to such a small audience. Your mainstream gym rats are the ones buying the majority of the products by number (protein, creatine, glutamine, vitamins). You would go broke just marketing to gay people. Almost everyone I know has at one time worked out and used some supplementation. Especially in highschool, and their 20's.

Sure there is a gay component to bodybuilding. You're talking about the most physically developed males in the world close to naked on stage. Some go the escort or posing route because bodybuilding is damn expensive and pays nothing unless you're near the top. It's easy money and some just can't say no.

Look at women's fitness. So many escort, perform porno, wrestle and pose. What is their target audience. Lesbians?

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #67 on: November 19, 2010, 05:58:20 AM »
also, Chick has shrugged off all the lies of the supplement companies re their snake oils by comparing it to parents lying to their kids about santa claus & the tooth fairy hahaha.

Drugs are the finishing touch, right?  ::)

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #68 on: November 19, 2010, 06:13:23 AM »
Drugs are the finishing touch, right?  ::)

LOL...thats all you got?  Ignored all the relevant questions that were put to you (as you had no answers)...face it...your view is a skewed as it gets, yet you cant see it any other way

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #69 on: November 19, 2010, 06:22:49 AM »
While you're trying to be funny, the truth is actually the complete opposite...it was ME that took my folks and brother and sister and friends to MY BB competitions, and they always obliged to support me, and had a great time in the process...this would reflect most of what makes up the fanbase, especially at the NPC level...

Lots of great memories and travel, got to meet lots of interesting people along the way as well as opportunities and networking over the years...
That is the whole pt Bob!
Most of these guys just lift with no desire or ambition to be part of real BOBDYBUILDING.
I am NOT as well traveled or known as YOU Bob, within BB, but I have enoyed my many years in the sport.
My entire family came to see me compete in the Mr NH many years ago before I went into the USMC.
It was a wonderful time and family memory for me and them.

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #70 on: November 19, 2010, 06:31:47 AM »
Bay will never admit or accept that there are straight guys who watch bodybuilding contests, let alone that they outnumber the gay guys in the fan base of the "sport" / industry.

It's like a guy who is into bestiality saying every single person who watches dog shows wants to fcuk the dogs on display, simply because he's looking at them with that intention ;D

To Bay and supporters of his theory - most people have ordinary lives which they try to escape mentally for a while by watching things that are interesting / unusual to look at, even if they can't relate to it personally or be able to participate in it. Which is why fat, out of shape people watch sports, gay guys watch Miss Universe contests, people watch car shows, circuses, bodybuilding shows and other stuff. Doesn't mean every single person wants to fcuk every single thing they are looking at or a fan of.

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« Reply #71 on: November 19, 2010, 06:39:22 AM »
Bay will never admit or accept that there are straight guys who watch bodybuilding contests, let alone that they outnumber the gay guys in the fan base of the "sport" / industry.

It's like a guy who is into bestiality saying every single person who watches dog shows wants to fcuk the dogs on display, simply because he's looking at them with that intention ;D

To Bay and supporters of his theory - most people have ordinary lives which they try to escape mentally for a while by watching things that are interesting / unusual to look at, even if they can't relate to it personally or be able to participate in it. Which is why fat, out of shape people watch sports, gay guys watch Miss Universe contests, people watch car shows, circuses, bodybuilding shows and other stuff. Doesn't mean every single person wants to fcuk every single thing they are looking at or a fan of.

All true...

What bothers me isnt what he does in his spare time, or how HE looks at a show, etc...it's the fact that he cant seperate HIS thinking from anyone else's thinking/ mentality....add that to the broad generalizations he comes up with....

Yet when asked how watching MMA isnt considered "gay", as two guys are physically wrestling each other and trying to pin each other down in a domination match....he cant come up with any other answer other than it's "more" of a sport...LOL. Then disappears because he's painted himself into a corner...


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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #72 on: November 19, 2010, 07:00:08 AM »
Bay will never admit or accept that there are straight guys who watch bodybuilding contests, let alone that they outnumber the gay guys in the fan base of the "sport" / industry.

It's like a guy who is into bestiality saying every single person who watches dog shows wants to fcuk the dogs on display, simply because he's looking at them with that intention ;D

To Bay and supporters of his theory - most people have ordinary lives which they try to escape mentally for a while by watching things that are interesting / unusual to look at, even if they can't relate to it personally or be able to participate in it. Which is why fat, out of shape people watch sports, gay guys watch Miss Universe contests, people watch car shows, circuses, bodybuilding shows and other stuff. Doesn't mean every single person wants to fcuk every single thing they are looking at or a fan of.
Good post.
I for one hate the homophobic nature of some in/around BB. It is ironic that an openly guy man would not see how questioning someone elses sexuality in any sport is irrelevent and often leads to a witchhunt

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #73 on: November 19, 2010, 07:06:41 AM »
I wonder if most of you have actually been to a show.

I've been to plenty and can say that Chick is right. Probably at least half of the audience is made up of family members and friends of the competitors, then there are some other bodybuilders , some young guys who just want to look like a bodybuilder one day.. and of course some gay men are there as well.

Bay on the other hand is right when saying that g4p is wide-spread in bodybuilding. Just going by the number of offers I've got so far I have to think that there is a large community of gay men looking for escorts/private posing sessions/etc. and I'm pretty sure that a lot of bodybuilders won't refuse these offers in the long run .. after all bodybuilding is expensive and usually does not pay a lot of money. In addition to that a lot of bodybuilders are lazy and addicted to steroids.. so it's probably the easy way out for a lot of them. This or selling steroids...

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Re: AMI Files for Bankruptcy - Officially on Nov 17
« Reply #74 on: November 19, 2010, 09:51:28 PM »
Bay will never admit or accept that there are straight guys who watch bodybuilding contests, let alone that they outnumber the gay guys in the fan base of the "sport" / industry.

It's like a guy who is into bestiality saying every single person who watches dog shows wants to fcuk the dogs on display, simply because he's looking at them with that intention ;D

To Bay and supporters of his theory - most people have ordinary lives which they try to escape mentally for a while by watching things that are interesting / unusual to look at, even if they can't relate to it personally or be able to participate in it. Which is why fat, out of shape people watch sports, gay guys watch Miss Universe contests, people watch car shows, circuses, bodybuilding shows and other stuff. Doesn't mean every single person wants to fcuk every single thing they are looking at or a fan of.

True, but Bodybuilding and Hollywood are both basically controlled/run by the gays(and Jews). And no offense to Chick but those are the two careers he chose to make a living off. What's he going to do when he retires, perhaps go  at professional ice skating :-\