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jwb

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Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« on: May 16, 2006, 06:58:17 PM »
I know I haven't spent a penny on tickets, magazines, videos for at least the past 5 years yet i'm more up to date than i've ever been.

Has everything we get for FREE from the net killed the sport?

Less dollars coming in (mags/tickets) must be making it harder and harder for them to spend it on the shows and athletes...
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2006, 06:59:46 PM »
Good for AMI/Weider/FLEX and MD? No.
Good for fans? Yes.
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2006, 07:01:32 PM »
Quote from: 240 is Back on May 16, 2006, 06:59:46 PM
Good for AMI/Weider/FLEX and MD? No.
Good for fans? Yes.
not good if the sport continues to contract and contract...
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2006, 07:02:13 PM »
It would be even worse without the internet. Where and how would the PRO`s coordinate their deals and cycles?
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2006, 07:06:01 PM »
Quote from: The True Adonis on May 16, 2006, 07:02:13 PM
It would be even worse without the internet. Where and how would the PRO`s coordinate their deals and cycles?
the friendly neighbourhood dealers would return!

i know guys that broke into a vet pharm warehouse a took an entire truck full of stuff... those were happy days
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2006, 07:06:46 PM »
Quote from: jwb on May 16, 2006, 07:01:32 PM
not good if the sport continues to contract and contract...

FYI......Bodybuilding is not a sport!
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ARMZ

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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2006, 07:10:14 PM »
Golf is a sport.. Hardcore athletes..
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Mr. Intenseone

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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2006, 07:10:58 PM »
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2006, 07:12:44 PM »
The intnet and message boards COULD have been a huge help to bodybuilding, but it has had the opposite effect. Why? Most come on these sites just to get a rise , stay in the shadows and never do anything constructive for our sport.
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2006, 07:13:08 PM »
The internet is great for bodybuilding, because now the money being made from the industry as a whole isn't being made by only a few people.  
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2006, 07:26:53 PM »
Quote from: Tre on May 16, 2006, 07:13:08 PM
The internet is great for bodybuilding, because now the money being made from the industry as a whole isn't being made by only a few people.  
what big $$$$$? serious???
I don't see any bodybuilding companies going public with a weekly new IPO?
Failure to get TV contracts and major corperate sponsers have hurt the real bucks that could be made.
It is a  simple case of the fast internet nickel for a brief time or the slow steady dollar and future growth
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2006, 07:51:33 PM »
easier access to info is always beneficial. i'm sure supplement cos. and shippers w a decent product are also benefiting and will increasingly continue to do so. they might channel some of their gains to the "athletes."

athletes probably receive more exposure too . . . odds are we'd never have heard of the great Sami al-hadad and mo elbuffooni otherwise.

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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2006, 07:55:58 PM »
Quote from: Al-Gebra on May 16, 2006, 07:51:33 PM
the internet has undoubtedly helped escalate gay4pay and Joanna Thomas-type entrepreneurial activity . . . maybe the bbs can directly benefit from this in ways previously not possible.

easier access to info is always beneficial. i'm sure supplement cos. and shippers w a decent product are also benefiting and will increasingly continue to do so. they might channel some of their gains to the "athletes."

athletes probably receive more exposure too . . . odds are we'd never have heard of the great Sami al-hadad and mo elbuffooni otherwise.



pose for pay is another blackeye on the sport.
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2006, 08:01:18 PM »
Dunnno but its great for porn !!! :D
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2006, 08:05:23 PM »
So that's why there are now 15 "special" 6 page muscletech ad reports in every bodybuilding rag that I pick up... to make up for the losses from the internet... kind of like the RIAA / MP3 thing...
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2006, 08:36:58 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on May 16, 2006, 07:06:46 PM
FYI......Bodybuilding is not a sport!

my sig says otherwise

assclown ::)

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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2006, 08:41:16 PM »
Quote from: jwb on May 16, 2006, 06:58:17 PM
I know I haven't spent a penny on tickets, magazines, videos for at least the past 5 years yet i'm more up to date than i've ever been.

Has everything we get for FREE from the net killed the sport?

Less dollars coming in (mags/tickets) must be making it harder and harder for them to spend it on the shows and athletes...

 Great post! Magazine sales are down and I doubt the internet has helped supplement companies much.
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2006, 08:42:58 PM »
Quote from: Earl1972 on May 16, 2006, 08:36:58 PM
my sig says otherwise

assclown ::)

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Your sig is wrong....and by the way, It's Mr. assclown to you!!
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HowieW

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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2006, 08:43:45 PM »
The net has driven the sport down a dark alley for good....good night, I need to go j-off to some hot bodies site now....that I don't approve of hehehe
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2006, 09:15:43 PM »
nothing is good for the sport anymore  :P...wait its not a sport
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2006, 09:17:22 PM »
Quote from: benchthis on May 16, 2006, 09:15:43 PM
nothing is good for the sport anymore  :P...wait its not a sport

 Awesome avatar ;D And no, bodybuilding is not a sport ;D
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2006, 09:21:23 PM »
Im selling my used posing trunks by the car full!

so ill go with a yes!
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LuciusFox

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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2006, 09:22:25 PM »
Quote from: michael arvilla on May 16, 2006, 09:21:23 PM
Im selling my used posing trunks by the car full!

so ill go with a yes!

 What's the price? I'll pay extra for unwashed pairs ;D
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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2006, 09:25:13 PM »
Quote from: LuciusFox on May 16, 2006, 09:22:25 PM
What's the price? I'll pay extra for unwashed pairs ;D

you sniff you buy!!


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Re: Is the internet actually good for the sport?
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2006, 09:26:49 PM »
Quote from: michael arvilla on May 16, 2006, 09:25:13 PM
you sniff you buy!!


($19.99 order before midnite tonite and ill throw in one of Cheri's bras!!!)

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 ROFL....I'll bet a few people will be disappointed when they find out that you are just joking ;D
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