I am not an athlete in the IFBB sense....However, you may want to think about (that is if I read this correctly) re-wording the following items (my comments are in CAPS):
ITEM 1
AMENDMENT OF SECT 1.7
Amendment of section 1.7 of the IFBB Pro League rules. Athletes WILL be allowed to make appearances on behalf of companies they represent and/ or as individuals to: (including but not limited to) non –sanctioned events, expo’s, guest posing, appearances, seminars, openings, etc. As IFBB athletes are listed as “independent contractors” by our own IFBB by laws and therefore cannot be limited in their ability to make a living from being a professional.
Athlete would be required to be a IFBB athlete in good standing, and any and all promotional items, advertisements, etc linked to said event(s) would require that athlete be billed and represented as an IFBB athlete.THE SPONSOR OF SAID IFBB ATHLETE MAY NOT WANT TO HAVE THE IFBB NAME/LOGO ON WHATEVER ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE APPEARANCES AND AS SUCH IT MAY PUT THE ATHLETE IN BAD STANDING WITH THIS SECTION. WHEN WEIDER CONTRACTED WITH BB'S AND HAD THEM MAKE THE APPEARANCES IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE SINCE HE ALSO THRU BEN RAN THE IFBB. SO SAY THAT MR. CUTLER DID AN APPEARANCE FOR MUSCLETECH AT SOME TRADE SHOW OR WHATEVER THAT WAS NOT A IFBB/NPC CONTEST, MUSCLETECH MIGHT REALIZE THAT THE CROWD AT SAID EVENT MAY HAVE NO CLUE WHO THE IFBB IS NOR CARE, BUT AS JAY'S SPONSOR, THEY WANT THEIR NAME IN THE MIND OF THE ATTENDEE AND NO OTHERS...
ITEM 2
IFBB TO MAKE ATHLETES EMPLOYEES
Upon denial of ITEM 1, IFBB to make athletes direct members of the IFBB (as opposed to the “Pro division”). Pro athletes would be paid a monthly salary from IFBB and subsequently, would be required by state law to fill out a 10-99-tax form for their individual tax purposes. 10-99 would be required from IFBB (employer) to IFBB pro athletes (employees). SOMEONE WHO RECEIVES A 1099 FORM FROM ANYONE IS NOT LEGALLY CONSIDERED AN EMPLOYEE, BUT RATHER A "WORK FOR HIRE" OR "INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR"
