A couple of personal observations:
Out of the 27 guys in the Open category only one was a special guest poser at Manion’s Pittsburgh contest a couple of weeks ago. And guess who that was... Nathan DeAsha. I don’t know of course if any of the other 26 guys were invited to guest pose but it surely looks “suspect” that DeAsha would win, and Manion signs the scorecard.
Related to this, also at Manion’s Pittsburgh contest Divine Wilson got second in the Classic and then stormed off stage in a fury over his placing. He later returned to the stage and apologized. So the best he can do tonight is, second. And Manion signs the scorecard.
I don’t really mean to sound cynical, but, I do wonder.