$275 yearly dues is $275 no matter how many pro cards they hand out I guess
Eminent MC Lonnie Teper once mentioned a contest with 300 total competitors. That was just one contest. That would be $82,500 in annual pro card fees right there.
So if there are 3,650 total "IFBB Pros", that's over a million in dues every year to pay Jim Manion and the others who run this non-profit organization right there.
When you consider that you have Men's Open Bodybuilding, Men's Classic Bodybuilding, Men's Physique, Women's Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure, and Bikini - if you have 500 dues paying competitors per division, that's about a million in fees each year.
I don't know if there are 500 who actively renew their pro cards each year [which is required in order to compete], but surely there would be at least 100 paying competitors per division each year, and even many inactive members who pay their dues just to get their [un-laminated?] updated pro card in the mail for reasons of status or personal gratification.
In the end, the physique community is still pretty successful at the moment, so that's good, right?