The current Olympians are spineless wonders. That is now official.

[ali23]

I agree

"Why cumplan" Ronnie Coleman

NICE SPELLING GAY FUCK.

[alexxx]

NICE SPELLING GAY f**k.

What is a gay fook?

[gordiano]

After months of training, dieting , being carb depleted  and dehydrated before the show, do you really think these guys have the energy to get into an IFBB debate? I doubt they're really in the mood for all of the chatter.
Also consider that Ronnie is probably the only one who wouldn't be penalized for anything he said. Would you risk all that prep time just to blow it defending another competitor? None of these guys are buds, they're competing for $$$ and not very much at that. I'm no fan of the IFBB but Lee knew the rules. Why should anyone be vocal about letting him compete?

Are you serious?

You do realize there isn't much money in rpo bbing, right? Therefore, if another Federation comes along, that may give the bbers an opportunity to earn more, why should they not be allowed to partake? The pros are not property of the IFBB. They are independent contractors. they get NO salary from them, no benefits, no nothing. yet, they shouldn't be allowed to work for someone else if they so choose?

It would be in the bbers best interest to unite and stand behind Lee..........as this isn't so much about Lee, it's about not letting the IFBB tell you where and how to earn a paychek, while not providing the pros with shit........

[phyxsius]

I left because I plain and simple wanted to continue to compete in the NPC.
being given a procard would have been an empty feeling for me, after winning my class in 3 national shows...in the end i'd rather just walk away, or start a new venture....i'll be in the masters nationals next year.

if manion came up to me tomorrow and said....vinny, here is an ifbb pro card for what you have done in the npc...i'd turn it down.

lee's fight was never my fight, and i never experienced any of the stuff he descibes how he looks at the ifbb.
i respect his decision, and i hope the pdi works out for him and everyone in it.

Much respect to you mate

[VGalanti]

Much respect to you mate

Thanks.....like i said before, lee's fight his his fight...and i wasn't gonna  join the pdi to make a point, and i didn't go back to the npc because i was forced.
I made a decision like lee did...i found no real good reason to join the pdi.

[Vince B]

Everyone has to make a decision about who to stay loyal to in bodybuilding. The consequences are real and permanent. That is how low bodybuilding has become. It has been run by two ageing blokes who have lost the plot. They haven't lifted a weight in a very long time. I don't know Manion but he keeps a low profile. I don't like what I see of the way he runs the professional division. It is all such an insiders club and Bob C is another puppet who sings the IFBB song. It has always been jobs for the boys in the IFBB. The humble bodybuilders all know that and they know exactly what is expected to place or win in a show. Lee Priest was never going to be Mr Olympia. He knows that and everyone else knows that. The rest of the guys are unlikely to win that show, either, but as along as they think they have a chance they don't rock the boat.

Something stinks in bodybuilding and it is the IFBB. The bodybuilders have always been sheep. They do whatever is required to win contests. In the old AAU Mr America they used to have an interview and this guaranteed that no muscleheads would win that contest. Today we have another insidious process and the IFBB make sure that only approved of bodybuilders can win their shows. Bev Francis never won the Olympia and yet there is husband Steve now one of the IFBB officials. Will wonders never cease?

[wile e roadrunner]

Maybe vapid, selfish, shallow or reprehensible, but spineless, now that's just mean.

LOL

[legbreaker]

I left because I plain and simple wanted to continue to compete in the NPC.
being given a procard would have been an empty feeling for me, after winning my class in 3 national shows...in the end i'd rather just walk away, or start a new venture....i'll be in the masters nationals next year.

if manion came up to me tomorrow and said....vinny, here is an ifbb pro card for what you have done in the npc...i'd turn it down.

lee's fight was never my fight, and i never experienced any of the stuff he descibes how he looks at the ifbb.
i respect his decision, and i hope the pdi works out for him and everyone in it.

Vinny, with all due respect to your past bb wins, where do you (in last years shape) think you would have placed at the PDI NOC?