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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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On a business note, I have this say: "If you cannot see the business value in having something that is refreshingly different than the norm on your stage and in your organization, and you fail to protect and utilize that limited commodity, then YOU are the FUCKIN' FOOL!"
So, your saying you are "refreshingly differnt" and therefore should have been placed higher based on that? You were different, I'll give you that...if points were awarded for having highlites in your hair and being smooth, you would have won hands down!
When you try too hard to overshadow something that just stands out, YOUR INTENTIONS BECOME EVEN MORE CLEAR! Fucking with me on your platform is only temporary, but the end product of your political bullshit only devalues your integrity and organization's moral standards. Am I afraid of any further repercussions for my verbal outbreak? Why would there be a fear of being fired or dismissed when I have already decided to FUCKIN' QUIT! I have bigger and better fish to fry … I am in the business of making money not wasting money and/or time. I wish that I could say that I have learned a lot of great things during my brief stint as an "IFBB professional" (LMAO), but I can't. The only things that I have learned are actually negative. I have NOT learned a single thing to make me a better person, but I have learned that there are great physical costs to not only becoming but maintaining a high "pro" standard in the IFBB. Thanks, but no thanks. I have one life to live and it doesn't revolve around this EGOCENTRIC sport called bodybuiding. I have said it before and I'll say it again … "DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE SHOULD NOT TAKE YOUR LIFE AWAY!"
You should have thought of that when you decided to chase a pro card in pro bodybuilding....no one forced you to make the decisions you have....so if you won or placed in the top 5, your stance would be different somehow??
The circumstances don't change, only the placings...
True respect and admiration comes from doing something that serves as a model for others to follow … it garners good-will … it fulfills the heart … it leads to self-improvement, NOT self-destruction. This was a constant struggle for me to ignore … the fact that I was involved in a sport that is suppose to portray a healthy lifestyle, but in fact supports and encourages the abuse of substances to excel.
A fellow IFBB peer asked me the other day if I was afraid of further repercussions from the IFBB. "Afraid of WHAT?," was my answer. Those mutha-fuckers can't fire me … I fuckin' QUIT! I then addressed him the following: "How good do you feel knowing that you are affiliated with an organization that is essentially run like the mafia … they hand-pick their chosen-ones and the rest are left to brown-nose their way through the maze." The IFBB is NOT about what is best … it is about who is with who. How do I know this? Just the other night during the Europa prejudging, Bill Wilmore was asked to switch places with another competitor. Bill was so pissed off he would not move and had to be asked several times to step aside.
Yet, that DIDN'T affect his placing and qualifying for the Olympia, as you alledge it affected Nathan Wonsley? Could it be that Bill simply didn't HEAR the request? You have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
It was sickening for me to see this since it clearly portrays how things are run at the IFBB level. You have guys who are so used to be babied that they just don't know how to be "professional" when their egos are under the gun.
Hello pot....
In case you did not know, Steve Weinberger was the head judge that evening. Most organizations use people in good public standing to judge their marquee events. Steve Weinberger was recently featured in a Brooklyn tabloid column outlining his alleged role in a steroid and growth hormone distribution scandal. Don't believe me … read on:
It is no secret that the guys who are affiliated with big-name sponsors like Muscular Development and MET-Rx do extremely well and everyone else is left with … well, what is left.
It's no secret that big name companies sign big name talent...you know why, Eryk?? BECAUSE THEY"RE THE BEST GUYS..! WOW...big revelation there...
Many of you do not have this vantage point when you are in the audience watching these events, but I think you all should know just what the fuck is going on behind the scenes. It's fuckin' sickening and down right WRONG! Why am I waiting until now to voice myself? I tend to be very optimistic. I actually believed that I could change the organization for the better and had great hopes that it would somehow miraculously change.
JUst how did you intend on changing anything? With your physique? It obviously wasn't with your voice, your attendance at meetings, or your input on anything.....0-3 buddy.
Times are tough for the NPC and IFBB right now as sponsorship money and ticket sales are at all-time lows
Don't know what shows YOU'VE been at, but I'm all over the country and sales and sponsors are just fine....
so I figured the powers that be would want to do something positive to spark a positive swing in momentum.
Like what? Place you in the top 3??
I no longer have this faith that the powers that be actually give a fuck … they just don't. It is sheer insanity when you keep doing the same things with hopes that a different outcome would be produced … and it is sheer stupidity when you keep doing the same things when you know for a fact the same outcome will happen again. I don't know about you, but I AM NOT FUCKIN' STUPID!
Apparently you are, since you've been doing the same thing for YEARS expecting a different result...
On a final note, I want to address my immediate plans. I am still working closely with Magnum Nutraceuticals in producing and marketing the most effective and most cost-efficient supplemental products available. I am still writing for Status Fitness Magazine so if you enjoy reading my thoughts, feelings, and opinions you can find them there. I will no longer be judging NPC shows as I have made the decision to segregate myself with any dealings with the NPC or the IFBB. To all my friends who are still affiliated with either organization, I respect your decision and wish nothing but the absolute best for you in your endeavors. I may be looking into a fresh start with an organization that makes an honest effort at striving to promote health & fitness. Please stay in touch with me and I will continue to stimulate your mind and body. Thanks again to all who gave me their unconditional support this past weekend … I can't thank you enough.
My final note:
You're delusional...you need only look one place to find fault with just about everything and everyone you mentioned....the mirror.
Manion, Weinberger, the other competitors, the supp companies, they fixed the scale, blah, blah.... it's everyone elses fault you don't come in shape....except YOU. No responsibility there....must be SOME other reason you're not winning, right? It cant simply be that you just aren't good enough, or that your competing with the best BBers in the world and they are just better than you are....got to be a conspiracy, or some other reason you can point your chubby little finger at.....
After all....it cant be YOU, can it?
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