"Hard Bop Drums" wrote:
> "Jim Boyer" wrote
> > "AL" wrote
> >> Considering that it is openly admitted that wrestling is scripted and the
> >> winners are mapped out ahead of time for the entire wrestling season,
> >> what are the odds that bodybuilding is just as fake and scripted??
Again, anything's possible however the distinction remains that
wrestling has the visible actions of what each performer is doing
while bodybuilding has the visible appearance of their actual physical
form. You can script a pratfall but it's difficult to script four-
percent bodyfat.
[...]
> > I think you have a point. There is a lot to bodybuilding that is
> > subjective, like beauty contests and figure skating, that leaves
> > a lot of room for promoting a 'favorite' or judges on the take.
> > jb
True.
> This "Al" troll has no point.
The OP simply asked a question.
> There is nothing scripted about bodybuilding shows.
Depends on what you consider scripting. Certainly there's a procedure.
Prejudging, call outs, evening show. There's a script in that respect.
It's not just men and women running around in their underpants.
> Joe Weider has had no idea
How about Ben Weider? Did he have an idea?
> who 99% of the competitors have been for over 20 years.
And what is this, Sh!t on Joe Weider month?
> There are no grand conspiracies etc.
The 1980 Mr. Olympia. The 1981 Mr. Olympia. If not conspiracies then
at least heavily disputed decisions.
Arnold with six weeks training? Franco with one leg and a bitch tit?
God bless 'em both, but I smell a conspiiiiiiracy! (And ever wonder
who benefits from the 300 MILLION U.S. taxpayer dollars spent each DAY
in Iraq?)
> Craig Titus NEVER was in contention to do anything as
> a pro bodybuilder. He was a guy who never would have
> made an Olympia top 10.
Titus is a POS, but your comment is ridiculous. He placed 11th at the
2002 O. Fifth at that year's NOC. And was a top ten finisher at the
Arnold. What makes you, Mr. Podunk, think he couldn't have cracked the
top ten at the O, too?
Psst, can you say 1996 NPC USA Championships, 1st Heavyweight and
Overall? Regardless, I wonder what you would do if you found yourself
in the same situation as Ryan and Titus? Would you call 911 or flee?
> I suggest you kill file guys like
Yeah, kill files save you a lot of stress, I suspect.
> I have been on a # of photos shoots with Joe Weider
Who? Oh, you mean the guy who "has had no idea who 99% of the
competitors have been for over 20 years"? That Joe Weider?
> and been in his office.
Did you help him find his desk? Because, hey, if he doesn't have a
clue as to who the IFBB competitors are, well, he probably can find
his ass with both hands and a map.
Ever hear of Garrett Downing, 'bert? Apparently he's been in Joe's
office, too. However he's been just a tiny bit more respectful of the
erstwhile Master Blaster, stating, "I am proud to wear a personal
badge of honor in that I was the last pro personally signed by Joe
Weider. Joe is a man who clearly loves bodybuilding and the athletes
and he created the industry/sport from which many have benefited. The
times I met with him in his office were memorable."
Gee, Downing must be part of that one percent Joe Weider is aware of.
> He couldn't fix a show at gunpoint.
And Ben?
> BTW, there isn't enough $ in bodybuilding for anyone to
> be on the "take" anyway.
Any person can be bribed in some way, but does that way necessarily
have to be $?
--
Curt
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