[mrlongstreet]

I'm suprised not one has brought this up.
I believe neither Ahmed Haidar nor Troy Alves will be competing at the O in protest against the way the athletes are treated.

I for one agree with them
Just look at the MR OLYMPIA PRIZE MONEY breakdown

1st $150,000
2nd $85,000
3rd $55,000
4th $45,000
5th $35,000
6th $27,000
7th $16,000
8th $15,000
9th $14,000
10th $12,000
11th $2,000
12th $2,000
13th $2,000
14th $2,000
15th $2,000
16th $2,000
17th $2,000
18th $2,000
19th $2,000
20th $2,000
21th $2,000
22th $2,000
23th $2,000


Amongst other things I think that it's ridiculous for a world class bodybuilder to be rewarded a meager 2 000$ at the biggest bodybuilding competition.
That does not even cover the expenses they incur in their preparation leading up to the O.

[Pain]

yea.. we all know the prize money sucks.. it has been like this well forever..

atleast it has been going up this past few years.

[danimalmax22]

wow, basically it doesnt matter if you're in 11th or 23rd place, prize money is still the same.. dang

[Freakzilla]

What a joke. I mean the supplement companies that sponsor these shows are multi millionaire companies. You would think they would shell out a little prize money and up the anty more. I feel $100,000 per competitor regardless of there placing sounds about right to me. On the other hand these guys do make decent money with supplement contracts, but thats only a few of them.

PAY THESE GUYS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO GAY FOR PAY!! THAT IS WHY THIS SPORT IS SUCH A JOKE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S EYE.

Freak

[philosopher]

sad but true freak

[Q80_MuscleHed]

yeah freak is right ... with all these supplements companies .. the prizes don't decent the event :(:( .. i think BBers are the only athletes don't gain so much money from their sport .. really sad thing

[EneMy@fSelf]

Agreed with all the above comments. its a joke.

[SDEWITT]

Originally Posted by Freakzilla

What a joke. I mean the supplement companies that sponsor these shows are multi millionaire companies. You would think they would shell out a little prize money and up the anty more. I feel $100,000 per competitor regardless of there placing sounds about right to me. On the other hand these guys do make decent money with supplement contracts, but thats only a few of them.

PAY THESE GUYS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO GAY FOR PAY!! THAT IS WHY THIS SPORT IS SUCH A JOKE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S EYE.

Freak

Well Put.

[fahad]

hey i always have this question in my mind but lets say that the pros who places 11 and under will get only 2000$....i mean am sure they spend alot of mony preparing for the show like spending on food and drugs....and put all the emotional stress away but were does these guys get money from.....like does joe or ben wieder pays them money every month or does their sponseres do that...besides i heared that alot of them basicly get fucked in the ass 2 buy protein....