By the looks of it slingerman refused to see this coming and as a consequence was forced into a situation for which he had no concrete backup plan
It is clear that slingerman was on very thin ice with the ifbb/npc mafia and he knew it. you dont have to take the word of mel chency- a sack of oil who for some reason likes to have pictures taken with a white towel on his head- you just need to hear erin's own words in his last radio shows with BJ Brown ,where he talks about how he needs to be kosher with mr minion but at the same time blusters that he doesnt need the ifbb/npc anymore
so now he is blackballed but needs to stay relevant in the industry in order to get paid by XXXlabs .how does he do it? dont know, but lee priests and john romano's examples are not good
on the other hand it seems to me that melvin has planned this all along in his huge brain. not for nothing the source is re-branding itself as BLACK_STONE labs both words clearly alluding to melvin becoming their main rep