IFBB Pro Cards - 80 Pro Cards Given Away at ONE contest

[wes]

There is no prestige in bodybuilding anymore. It's just another revenue stream.

^^^^Sadly so! 

[Hulk-smash!]

Presenting something on stage that obviously a helluva lotta other people have for a $2 plastic trophy is stupid since the only one who wins are the promoters.  Pro bodybuilding is as dead as Lee Harvey Oswald.  BB'ing peaked w/ Coleman, Ruhl, Preist, Wheeler, etc., no one gives a shit anymore.  People should work on they're minds now not they're appearance.  But since the vast majority of people are stupid as shit thats not gonna happen & there always will be predators (promoters) who find a human vanity (weakness) & do everything they can to profit as much as they can from it.

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[Sexual Mustard]

Beating a dead horse but yes, they are handing out IFBB pro cards like candy now, all in the name of $$$$$$$$.  If I had a nickel for every time I see "IFBBPRO [insert random name here]" on idiots' Instagrams/Facebook/Twitter, then I'd be a rich man.

[Hulk-smash!]

In part I think this is because an avg IFBB competitor today would be a standout in the late 70's/early 80's. 

[Howard]

I hate all the bikini, physique stuff.....bodybuilding is all I ever care about.  So many pros today I have no idea who anyone is and I don't care either.

In the past I get excited with the new North American champ that earned their pro card or the USA champ that earned their pro card made their pro debut...it was a big deal in the sport.

Today there is no hype because local farmer Billy Bob got his pro card in the master's Mr. Turdville show.

Bingo! I agree.

It's like having older dudes playing softball as an official part of the game in MLB.
LOL, imagine the fan outrage if 3 qtrs of an actual NFL game was : flag football, powder puff football and lingerie girls .

[bigmikecox]

Bingo! I agree.

It's like having older dudes playing softball as an official part of the game in MLB.
LOL, imagine the fan outrage if 3 qtrs of an actual NFL game was : flag football, powder puff football and lingerie girls .

Good post!