TOMMY W,you mentioned an interesting point up above there..
If Joe and Ben had been successful in getting bodybuilding into the Olympics, what US boeybuilders would have been qualified to represent the US?
(I do recall a few US IFBB pros planning to compete inthe Olympics if the Weiders were successful.)
And since the Olympic contenders are supposed to be amateur athletes, that would have removed the US part of the IFBB out of the picture since the original IFBB/NPC agreement was/is that only the NPC would have 'control' over US amateur bodybuilders while the IFBB would 'cotrol' the pros.
There has never been such an agreement in Europe and to the best of my limited knowledge the IFBB sanctions both pro and amateur events over there, so it would have only been a 'problem' in the US of A.
I think.