Lee Priest - where is he / terminated contract

[TRIX]

From Lee Priest:

Damn ...i know why i left australia back in 92...man is it hard to find sponsors in this country in any sport...and especialy bodybuilding...........i hope i don't have to head usa bound again to find sponsorship.......but companies here just aren't interested...maybe i should start my own product line..and when it gets going and doing well...i hope ......i would gladly give back and sponsor athletes who are best australia has had and sponsor contests.......just seems while your here they could care less but go make it big in the usa and come back and visit they are all over you........as long as you dont want something .....so my comeback is on hold........ Till i find sponsor.....

YES POWERTECH( SAM'S FITNESS) IN SYDNEY GAVE ME POWERTEC EQUIPMENT......AND YES BODYRIPPED TERMINATED SPONSORSHIP.....I LIKE READING THE HARDCORE MAG HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND SEE THESE AUSSIE COMPNAIES SAYING THEY ARE SPONSORING AUSTRALIA'S BEST BODYBUILDERS...NO YOUR NOT CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ME ........I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.....YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PROMOTE YOUR PRODUCT...TRAVEL AROUND TO STORES AND CONTEST TO PROMOTE IT.....TALK ABOUT IT ON DVDS...WRITE ABOUT IT IN MD OR ANY INTERVIEW I DO..BUT MD I WRITE FOR EVERY MONTH.....HAVE HUGE FAN FOLLOWING....ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH TELL IT LIKE IT IS.....YOU KNOW IF I PUT MY NAME TO IT IT'S GOOD..LIKE I HAVE SAID I DON'T CARE IF YOU PAY ME...I WILL NOT SAY YOUR PRODUCT IS GOOD IF IT ISN'T...PEOPLE WORK TO HARD FOR THEIR MONEY AND I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM WASTE IT IF THE PRODUCT ISNT GOOD...NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON SOMETHING I DON'T BELIEVE IN.........SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SOME OF THESE COMPNAIES WANT..I JUST KNOW IT ISN'T ME..GO FIGURE





 
http://www.sizematters.com.au/bodybuilding-talk/27635-australian-sponsors.html

[JimmyJam1974]

LEE PRIEST

[240 is Back]

Is lee doing the aussie or ironman in 2010?

[JimmyJam1974]

Is lee doing the aussie or ironman in 2010?

WE SHOULD ASK HIM

[tom joad]

when the tattoo left lee's face it got a sponsor but lee didn't. 

[TRIX]

when the tattoo left lee's face it got a sponsor but lee didn't. 

is it a mere coincidence that lee with tattoo on face had a sponsor and lee without has zero? Gay 4 pay on the horizon

[Matt C]

From Lee Priest:

Damn ...i know why i left australia back in 92...man is it hard to find sponsors in this country in any sport...and especialy bodybuilding...........i hope i don't have to head usa bound again to find sponsorship.......but companies here just aren't interested...maybe i should start my own product line..and when it gets going and doing well...i hope ......i would gladly give back and sponsor athletes who are best australia has had and sponsor contests.......just seems while your here they could care less but go make it big in the usa and come back and visit they are all over you........as long as you dont want something .....so my comeback is on hold........ Till i find sponsor.....

YES POWERTECH( SAM'S FITNESS) IN SYDNEY GAVE ME POWERTEC EQUIPMENT......AND YES BODYRIPPED TERMINATED SPONSORSHIP.....I LIKE READING THE HARDCORE MAG HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND SEE THESE AUSSIE COMPNAIES SAYING THEY ARE SPONSORING AUSTRALIA'S BEST BODYBUILDERS...NO YOUR NOT CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ME ........I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.....YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PROMOTE YOUR PRODUCT...TRAVEL AROUND TO STORES AND CONTEST TO PROMOTE IT.....TALK ABOUT IT ON DVDS...WRITE ABOUT IT IN MD OR ANY INTERVIEW I DO..BUT MD I WRITE FOR EVERY MONTH.....HAVE HUGE FAN FOLLOWING....ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH TELL IT LIKE IT IS.....YOU KNOW IF I PUT MY NAME TO IT IT'S GOOD..LIKE I HAVE SAID I DON'T CARE IF YOU PAY ME...I WILL NOT SAY YOUR PRODUCT IS GOOD IF IT ISN'T...PEOPLE WORK TO HARD FOR THEIR MONEY AND I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM WASTE IT IF THE PRODUCT ISNT GOOD...NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON SOMETHING I DON'T BELIEVE IN.........SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SOME OF THESE COMPNAIES WANT..I JUST KNOW IT ISN'T ME..GO FIGURE





 
http://www.sizematters.com.au/bodybuilding-talk/27635-australian-sponsors.html

I didn't read any of this but judging from the caps, there is a response from Lee in there. 

I did read the title of this thread though.  My only comment is that Lee tends to talk shit about the products of the companies he is working for and it doesn't surprise me that he would get fired as a result.

[Tyr]

From Lee Priest:

Damn ...i know why i left australia back in 92...man is it hard to find sponsors in this country in any sport...and especialy bodybuilding...........i hope i don't have to head usa bound again to find sponsorship.......but companies here just aren't interested...maybe i should start my own product line..and when it gets going and doing well...i hope ......i would gladly give back and sponsor athletes who are best australia has had and sponsor contests.......just seems while your here they could care less but go make it big in the usa and come back and visit they are all over you........as long as you dont want something .....so my comeback is on hold........ Till i find sponsor.....

YES POWERTECH( SAM'S FITNESS) IN SYDNEY GAVE ME POWERTEC EQUIPMENT......AND YES BODYRIPPED TERMINATED SPONSORSHIP.....I LIKE READING THE HARDCORE MAG HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND SEE THESE AUSSIE COMPNAIES SAYING THEY ARE SPONSORING AUSTRALIA'S BEST BODYBUILDERS...NO YOUR NOT CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ME ........I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.....YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PROMOTE YOUR PRODUCT...TRAVEL AROUND TO STORES AND CONTEST TO PROMOTE IT.....TALK ABOUT IT ON DVDS...WRITE ABOUT IT IN MD OR ANY INTERVIEW I DO..BUT MD I WRITE FOR EVERY MONTH.....HAVE HUGE FAN FOLLOWING....ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH TELL IT LIKE IT IS.....YOU KNOW IF I PUT MY NAME TO IT IT'S GOOD..LIKE I HAVE SAID I DON'T CARE IF YOU PAY ME...I WILL NOT SAY YOUR PRODUCT IS GOOD IF IT ISN'T...PEOPLE WORK TO HARD FOR THEIR MONEY AND I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM WASTE IT IF THE PRODUCT ISNT GOOD...NOT GOING TO PUT MY NAME ON SOMETHING I DON'T BELIEVE IN.........SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SOME OF THESE COMPNAIES WANT..I JUST KNOW IT ISN'T ME..GO FIGURE





 
http://www.sizematters.com.au/bodybuilding-talk/27635-australian-sponsors.html

Sounds pretty egotistical. All these years spent bodybuilding and he doesn't know what sponsors want?

[SGT BARNES]

"hi welcome to  _________  may i take your order?"

[divcom]

is it a mere coincidence that lee with tattoo on face had a sponsor and lee without has zero? Gay 4 pay on the horizon

i dont see it.  lee's temperament seems more like titus.

[honest]

Considering the Los Angeles supplement market is probably bigger than the entire Australian market, maybe they just couldn't continue to burn money up sponsoring a pro bodybuilder, especially in a country where bodybuilding isn't very popular.
They would probably get more bang for their buck sponsoring football teams, with guys with average physique's but who are better known to the mainstream population.

[TechnoViking]

Lee Priest is cursed...Plain and simple...

[Ex Coelis]

are you suggesting it's hard for a man with a face tattoo to gain traditional employement (read: a real job)?

[Special Ed]

Not withstanding the tattoos on his face, his obese off-season conditioning, the fact that he hasn't fulfilled his promise of competing since his return to the IFBB, his penchant for burning bridges, exorbitant costs to bring him to any contest outside of Australia, and the remoteness of living in a small market, for the life of me, I can't figure out why any supplement company wouldn't jump at the chance to sign Lee as a spokesman.

[andreisdaman]

Not withstanding the tattoos on his face, his obese off-season conditioning, the fact that he hasn't fulfilled his promise of competing since his return to the IFBB, his penchant for burning bridges, exorbitant costs to bring him to any contest outside of Australia, and the remoteness of living in a small market, for the life of me, I can't figure out why any supplement company wouldn't jump at the chance to sign Lee as a spokesman.

When bodybuilders aren't competing it's probably due to their not having enough money for "prep"..meaning gear..no sponsor, no money for gear

[io856]

Not withstanding the tattoos on his face, his obese off-season conditioning, the fact that he hasn't fulfilled his promise of competing since his return to the IFBB, his penchant for burning bridges, exorbitant costs to bring him to any contest outside of Australia, and the remoteness of living in a small market, for the life of me, I can't figure out why any supplement company wouldn't jump at the chance to sign Lee as a spokesman.

blechman seems to give him love

[Ex Coelis]

Lee was a top pro for a decade

maybe he should have invested his money better

[io856]

Lee was a top pro for a decade

maybe he should have invested his money better

Yes dad

[TechnoViking]

When bodybuilders aren't competing it's probably due to their not having enough money for "prep"..meaning gear..no sponsor, no money for gear

Honestly what can it possibly cost Lee for a bottle or two of winny and a little primo?

[Purge_WTF]

  Lee Priest losing his latest contract? Who could've seen that coming?! Oh, that's right--I predicted it a few years back, but I thought it wouldn't go past six months.

  Seriously--is there anyone more pathetic in pro bodybuilding?

[hairyB07]

FK me!
Has anyone clicked on the link in the first post of this thread!!?
Read the thread, he come's across as a true rude, unprofessional prick when he get's told why it may be that he hasn't got anyone that want's to sponsor him lol
couldnt handle the truth!

[TRIX]

Bodybuilding is not big in australia. Any top american national level bodybuilder could probably turn pro here if they lived here.. Australia only has 22 million, america 300 million. Like 15 times australias population. Go figure

[webcake]

Bodybuilding is not big in australia. Any top american national level bodybuilder could probably turn pro here if they lived here.. Australia only has 22 million, america 300 million. Like 15 times australias population. Go figure

Yep, and the Aussie supp companies don't give 2 shits about signing bodybuilders. Companies like BSC and Musashi are sponsors of League, AFL, union etc. They get decent exposure through those avenues, signing a bb'er would only be of minimal benefit to them.

[TRIX]

I found BALANCE NUTRITION. Supplements quite cheap and mixes great and tasty.. WPC 1.5kg for 60 bucks (50 serves) and 3kg for 100 bucks. Good price..

[jr]

Australia hasn't entered a recession yet.