Hey Ron the last time i checked NFL football players were paid like professional athletes. Bodybuilders are paid like shit if it wasn't for the supplement contracts these guys would starve. For what they put there bodies threw they should be making a hell of alot more money than what they make. Everybody else gets paid why not the athletes? Ron you know why. The puppet show called IFBB
The last time I checked, NFL had a multi-year billion plus contract with the television network, 45,000+ people a game, etc. The more the supplement companies provide contracts, the more the suppement companies come to the expos, the more the provide sponsorships to the IFBB show, they more prize money can come out of it.
As for bodybuilders, I wish when someone becomes a pro, they would go to a one day seminar from the seasoned pros who can tell them how to promote themselves via a business. Bodybuilding Productions.
The IFBB exists for the purpose of selling nutritional 'supplements'. That's the beginning, middle, and end. The bodybuilding events are just a means to an end...the money garnered from them is PEANUTS compared to what the powder merchants make annually. In many cases, their contributions to bodybuilding shows are done at a loss.
Tre, are you kidding me. 10-12 years ago, the expos were small, there were mostly bodybuilding shows with a few booths. As the supplement industry grew in the last 10-12 years, so did the expos, and so did the prize money for bodybuilders, and the contracts they can have. There is a major difference between a decade ago and now, in terms of financial benefits for the bodybuilders. Come on! Learn your history.
PGA golfers can make appearances and play on multiple tours. Professional hockey players (NHL) can make money in multiple leagues simultaneously. Professional soccer players can play for clubs in both the U.S. *and* Europe in the same calendar year.
Really? Show me where an NFL hockey player plays for the NFL today, then plays for another league a two weeks later, then goes back to the NFL to play in the same year? Where? Same with any sport, as far as I know. Just show me one NFL player that does that. Hey, I play for the NFL Kings, and also the Long Beach Ice Dogs. See you Saturday at the Staples Center, and next week at the different organization. No go..
IFBB Pro can, at any year, decide which organization they want to go to. They just don't renew their pro card with the IFBB.