What a lot of drama back and forth with all this social media bs. I guess these guys get viewership (and income) from their YouTube discussions, and yes I have contributed to that by watching. To a man, they are all sweeping things under the rug:
Shawn Ray: these are not active competitors (well, maybe George Peterson), so the “federations” cannot be to blame in any way. The guys should make sure they have health insurance and should go to the doctor.
The crybabies: Poor thing, he was innocent until proven guilty and it was cruel for the “industry” to take his living away from him.
The gurus: well, it’s all very complex so let’s not talk about the “protocols”. How about we just change the subject. But we still need to talk about the whole topic ad nauseum and make money on YouTube and look important.
The truth is a mix of all of the above. In defense of the “ban” by the organizations and sponsors, bodybuilding competition (and revenue) now seems weighted way more toward women (bikini, figure, wellness, etc.), than toward men. There would be no way, in this day and age of “me too”, for the federations to ignore a rape arrest.