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Eryk Bui says IFBB is STUPID |
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Written by The Roving Reporter
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
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As I stood there on the platform awaiting the comparison round, I could not help but notice a very familiar face who was going to be the presiding head-judge … Steve Weinberger. I don't know much about Steve, but what I do know leaves a very bad taste in my mouth about how fair I was going to be treated. But as I always try to do, I gave him the benefit of the doubt that he would judge me fairly … regardless of how slim those chances are.
He, and the rest of the judging panel...DID judge you fairly.
As expected Silvio Samuel was called out first … but the rest of the top 5 callouts baffled me completely. Tricky Jackson? Guy Ducasse? Nathan Wonsley? Pablo Arevalo?
Yes...they were all in better condition than you were....no surprise there.
I was called out in the second group, but something really weird occurred after that. Everyone was called out a second time for a final group look … everyone except for me that is. I was like, "WHAT THE FUCK?" As you can very well imagine, I was pissed and left wondering if I was going to be fucked with yet once again.
They obviously had you placed...wasn't that tough to figure out.
I made a comment about how I could have been better for Friday's prejudging. Even at sub-100%, I felt that I should have been in the top-5 callout. Admittedly, I was definitely trying to "peak" for Saturday's "Open-Class Showdown" but my conditioning was still good enough to make the top-5. Photos don't lie so if you don't believe me, just go online and check it out for yourself.
You're right..photos dont lie...you werent even close to being in the top 5, and no...you weren't "good enough"....at 100%, you would have absolutely been 2nd or 3rd...
Silvio won the class and was followed by Tricky Jackson and the rest of the bunch. Not cracking the top-5 in this class left a bad taste in my mouth, but I was still very optimistic about my chances in the >210 Class Competition.
From the moment I left the finals on Friday night until literally stepping out on stage Saturday afternoon at around 2:00PM, I ate literally non-stop. In fact, during a span of 12-hours I ingested 7 separate orders of pancakes. I ate so much that it made me want to puke … and I am not the puking type. I had some filling out to do and I wanted to make sure that my blood volume and sugar was steady so I ate accordingly. I was tight … I was full … and I was definitely ready to step out and be judged beside any mass-monster that they put up.
Once again...you fail to see the obvious...7 orders of pancakes?? You were full allright....
After the first group was called out, I wasn't too shocked since they do typically lean towards the bigger, more massive physiques. I figured they would do this since there was a separate class for "non-mass monsters". The fuckin' industry … the fuckin' judging is SO FUCKIN' PREDICTABLE … NO FUCKIN' WONDER BODYBUILDERS ARE STABBED WITH THE STEREOTYPE OF HAVING ZERO INTELLIGENCE! The rest of the callouts gave me answers to many of my competitive questions as it led me away from the whole point of being at the Europa in the first place. I was no longer interested in the "three-ring circus" that was being judged … I was no wondering if this was going to be my "curtain call". I want to share something with you all that you perhaps missed with the contest coverage … if you even followed it. Nathan Wonsely placed 4th in the <210 Class and Pablo Arevalo placed 5th. They both competed in the >210 Class. Why did I bring this up? Tricky Jackson and Guy Ducasse who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the same class both finished 9th and 10th respectively in the >210 Class. Neither Nathan nor Pablo cracked the top 15 honors the next day. I brought this up to illustrate what I mean when I say the IFBB judging is politically tainted with WAY TOO MUCH bullshit.
So...let me get this right...Tricky and Guy place higher than Nathan and pablo on Friday....and then go on to place ahead of them again on Saturday......? WOW....doesn't that actually bolster the case for being consistant?
Nathan, who has a better physique than Tricky or Guy, probably would have been able to crack the top 10 if he did not create a small scene during the prejudging on Saturday.
If he was better on FRIDAY...he would have beaten Tricky/ Guy on FRIDAY.
Apparently, he was so hyped about being in the top 5 the day before that he was absolutely, 100% sure that he was going to be in the top 5 callouts on Saturday … and when it did not happen, he made it clear that he was confused and pissed. No doubt his behavior on stage took him out of the judges "good" graces. By the time prejudging ended, my eyes had shifted from the call-outs to a pair of wall climbers in the distance. I had lost interest in the show and felt completely and utterly disrespected and "fucked with". Photos don't fuckin' lie …
Once again...photos don't lie...but you do,to yourself... if you think you should have been placed any higher. No one in that building had you in the top 5 Friday, or the top 15 Saturday.
I posted many photos of me during my carb-loading phase. Placing guys like Tricky Jackson and Derik Farnsworth higher than me only makes them look like blind and retarded fools. People are not stupid … and when political stunts like that are pulled, you are essentially fucking with people's intelligence. If you having a tough time following what I am trying to say, then let me put it to you another way: The IFBB is like the pimp and treats all of their members like a bunch of prostitutes … we do as they say and we don't have a say. Why do you think there never seems to be a "fair" athlete's representative? Bob Cicherillo is the current athlete's representative but he just follows instructions from the IFBB head, Jim Manion, so what's the point to having Bob around? I can't speak for the rest of my peers, but I am nobody's bitch. I "pimp" my own money and my own ride through life … and I owe nothing to nobody but God Almighty.
...bitching about me now? What would you know about what I do, or what goes on? Have you ever been to a meeting, Eryk? Have you ever emailed me with a question? Have you ever even brought up one single thing about the judging, etc? The answer to all these qustions is.....NO.
Only now that you get your ass handed to you on stage do you have a problem with me.......
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