I got to spot a national powerlifting meet with don when I was 19, no matter what anyone says he earned a pro card the hard mans way he earned it, and was mr Olympia masters, that's hell of a task, one guy local gym rat 23 said he's gona be pro in 2 years, me and my buddy said never gona happen, once the guy realized it wasn't realistic he gave up on the pro notion like it never existed, what don Youngblood did was a testament from the bottom to the top, ain't too many people doin it like he did.