Congrats to Rodney St. Cloud for his qualification for the Mr. Olympia. His routine should make it interesting in the Olympia finals. Often times, various competitors wait until the last minute to enter a show, especially so close before the Olympia.
As for the webcast, originally I heard they turned it down because they were going to do their own, but I have also heard that not having a webcast may bring fans to actually watch the show. Interesting to hear the reasoning behind it all. However, various fees of having a webcast also come up, like line feed, costs to have a video run live, and other costs from the actual contest place. It all depends who picks up all of these costs, and it it is worth it.
