Don't bag on Derik because he earned his pro card by rules of the IFBB.
I feel that only the overall champ at the Nationals should get their pro card....at most the top 2 as the USAs is done.
Until/if weight classes are incorporated at the pro level, the lighter/smaller competitors will always be looked down upon.

I, for one, would rather have a physique like Deriks than other BIGGER/TALLER bodybuiders like say....Palumbo, Kamali, Fux, Titus, Gunther, Ruhl.......Ronnie the gut....