Where is the sport going?

deadlift0 · Sep 30, 2007

With the recent bust and crackdown and the questionable judging at the O, what does the future hold for bodybuilding?

TestPolska · Sep 30, 2007

Not sure, But I'm skeptical for sure. Its really sad horrible juding at the O, Coleman retiring, The whole thing just really brings me down.

Tom · Sep 30, 2007

THE STORM WILL SUBSIDE

the shitstorm of busts will subside and product distributors will slowly resurface. the politics of the olympia will never change. there is an unending list of olympia competitors who have been robbed over the years. leverone, nubret,mentzer, shawn ray, gaspari, and tons more.

worldspan · Oct 1, 2007

With reference to the Olympia which I was at last night, the irony is that while they had a sold out audience for 1st time in a long time, there was like this "malaise" in the crowd. The crowd seemed totally ambivalent to the whole event and never got really into any of the competitors excepting Dennis Wolf.

Worldspan

gearheadz · Oct 1, 2007

IMO the sport is getting better. WHY? I know u think I am crazy. Get rid of the ug's and we will be fine. Nothing against them but that is what basically happened cause of that 1 week ago.

Ashop · Oct 1, 2007

Tom said:
the shitstorm of busts will subside and product distributors will slowly resurface. the politics of the olympia will never change. there is an unending list of olympia competitors who have been robbed over the years. leverone, nubret,mentzer, shawn ray, gaspari, and tons more.

In a nutshell..well said.

MUSCLEBOSS35 · Oct 1, 2007

Sold Out

Sold Out?...I don't know what arena you were referring to but the arena I was sitting in Saturday night had a few hundred seats vacant!...when they announced it was a sell out, people began looking around to see what the hell they were talking about!....fan turnout was down and will be down next year, the host hotel was a dump!!, the IFBB needs to rent a decent location that doesn't smell of piss and mildew.

profitness · Oct 1, 2007

AGREED! 100% truth!

MUSCLEBOSS35 said:
Sold Out?...I don't know what arena you were referring to but the arena I was sitting in Saturday night had a few hundred seats vacant!...when they announced it was a sell out, people began looking around to see what the hell they were talking about!....fan turnout was down and will be down next year, the host hotel was a dump!!, the IFBB needs to rent a decent location that doesn't smell of piss and mildew.

They also gave away 600 tickets to the military. The Orleans is a dump, low budget crapper off the main strip. This event is the superbowl of BBing, LOL!! Next year if will be downtown at the fitzgerald, you watch. Man, who runs the operation????

mikeheavypecs · Oct 1, 2007

Tom said:
the shitstorm of busts will subside and product distributors will slowly resurface. the politics of the olympia will never change. there is an unending list of olympia competitors who have been robbed over the years. leverone, nubret,mentzer, shawn ray, gaspari, and tons more.

Tom,
I have to totally agree with you and kindof chuckle as I read this thread. I have judged several Mr O's and watched the IFBB politics at play since 1977 (the year the NPC was formed) and it all cycles over again. After Arnold left the sport everyone thought it was the end of bodybuilding etc etc. After the Olympic Committee turned down Bodybuilding as a sport in the Olympics around 1983-1985 (basically because of the prevalent use of AAS in the sport), everyone thought that the sport was done with and would stagnate. When Ben Weider "retired" from the IFBB everyone thought that it would never last......(I could go on and on)...There will be new "Monster" bodybuilders in the next several years that will make todays names almost be forgotten , over and over again, this is the cycle of bodybuilding and the sport. It will ALWAYS survive and flourish in various sub cultures. I must say it is a very cool and awesome sport!! MONSTERS come and go in this sport yearly........

Mike

oldfella · Oct 1, 2007

mikeheavypecs said:
Tom,
I have to totally agree with you and kindof chuckle as I read this thread. I have judged several Mr O's and watched the IFBB politics at play since 1977 (the year the NPC was formed) and it all cycles over again. After Arnold left the sport everyone thought it was the end of bodybuilding etc etc. After the Olympic Committee turned down Bodybuilding as a sport in the Olympics around 1983-1985 (basically because of the prevalent use of AAS in the sport), everyone thought that the sport was done with and would stagnate. When Ben Weider "retired" from the IFBB everyone thought that it would never last......(I could go on and on)...There will be new "Monster" bodybuilders in the next several years that will make todays names almost be forgotten , over and over again, this is the cycle of bodybuilding and the sport. It will ALWAYS survive and flourish in various sub cultures. I must say it is a very cool and awesome sport!! MONSTERS come and go in this sport yearly........

Mike

I agree here Mike, BBing is an evolution sport. Look back at Larry Scott, The first crowned Mr. O. Now look at today's competitors. You can clearly see the evolution of the mass monsters. So you are right, we will witness the next generation of mass monsters at the coming O's. Wait five years, myostatin suspression and freak gene technology is where our next wave of monsters is coming from. I too think this is a cool sport. I do wish we could get the politics out of it and get on with it. I did say "wish"!