There is no dilution. Yes more pros equal more money but the quality is due to who ever is winning at the time. The guys who are winning pro shows today don't compare to the guys in the 90's IMO and others but that's not due to too many pro cards. If anything the quality should be better since giving out more pro cards should entice more people to enter shows. Look at some of the guys from years ago like Edgar Fletcher and Matt Mendenhall. These guys just gave up. Today they would have no doubt been pros. I can only imagine what Matt would have looked like if he would have continued to go on as a pro.
Are you saying this because you make your bread on the clients? More people who compete equals more potential clients. More pro cards given equals more potential clients as well. More potential clients means more advertising for you. Ask yourself this, how would you be perceived if you had Dex, Kai, or Melvin Anthony, Ronnie Coleman, Dennis Wolfe? Or if you were Phil's guru vs. Kamali's?
Yes, there is dilution. People have talked about this for years. Look at the people who have winning their Pro cards. We've even talked about how Phil would fair in the 90s. There are many reasons why there is less quality today than in the past, one is the drugs, another is the genetics, and another the addition of the super heavyweight division, and another is the training. Manion is feeding into this and sees the money that he can gain due in part to people's vanity, especially in the era of social media.
Edgar Fletcher couldn't win his Pro card because his skin was took thick, and he was getting up there in age. Why should he continue? Hell, even Rob Lopez deserved his pro card more than Kamali, but Rob was in a more competitive weight class.