<\/p>\nStay in your lane<\/h4>\n
I think it\u2019s honestly hilarious that ESPN wants to weigh in on anything negative that goes on in the bodybuilding world. Back when Rich Piana and Dallas McCarver passed away, they were quick to throw stones at our community by saying it was due to the steroids\u2014as if they know a thing or two about our industry (or even steroids). Look, I\u2019m not going to sit here and pretend that steroids don\u2019t exist in our industry, but they are also in pretty much ALL of the sports that ESPN covers\u2014it\u2019s just hidden and protected better. Those athletes have too much to lose by getting caught so they are smarter with their use of PEDs. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s quite comical though. As if ESPN has a leg to stand on after they removed an announcer named Robert Lee because he shares a name with a Confederate general and they didn\u2019t want to hurt the feelings of delicate snowflakes in our nation. Give me a break.<\/p>\n
These are the same people who cover spelling bees and poker tournaments\u2014as if those are sports and should be on ESPN. My message to ESPN is, if you live in a glass house, you shouldn\u2019t be throwing stones, you ignorant excuse of a network. You want to be hypercritical of our industry, yet you have quite a few skeletons in your own closet as well. Maybe you should get your act together before you want to start making accusations about an industry you don\u2019t even cover or know anything about. You probably had to look up who Dallas and Rich were before even covering the story of their deaths. <\/p>\n
And TMZ, how could we forget about these cats? The people who want to release the 911 call to the public as if they are doing this nation a great service by doing so. How low do you need to go in order to get clicks on your website, that you need to toss out a 911 call from the clearly upset man who called after finding Dallas in his kitchen? Does anyone at TMZ even lift? <\/p>\n
An easy target<\/h4>\n
Why is bodybuilding scrutinized so much? Because it\u2019s an easy target. Journalists who really have no skills tend to pick the low-hanging fruit to speak and write about because they don\u2019t know how to go out and find stories that actually bring value to the American people. It\u2019s actually quite sad. And I used to respect ESPN and TMZ until they started stooping below scum. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what I would love to have happen. Right now, this very instant, I would love to have the NFL (or any professional athletic organization) run a mandatory drug test on EVERY SINGLE athlete. You want to see buttholes pucker up? Tell all these athletes they are being tested for drugs (this includes the use of PEDs and steroids) on the spot right now, without any notice. Oh man. You\u2019d see athletes turning green and white instantly. Want to see people lose millions of dollars? Test them for drugs and PEDs which if they fail they can be suspended or banned from playing. I\u2019d get my bag of popcorn ready for when the names started being listed of all those athletes who failed the test. <\/p>\n
Want to see America turn on their favorite sports? See the results role in and find out your favorite athletes aren\u2019t as squeaky clean as you thought they were. NOW, come back and try talking smack about the bodybuilding industry after the results are reported. Think I\u2019m lying? Prove me wrong. I encourage ALL commissioners of athletic organizations to do this. If your sport is so squeaky clean, you should have no issue rolling this out and implementing it, right? Or, do you have something you need to hide because without athletes getting bigger, faster, and stronger, how much fun would it be to watch? Let alone the poor athletes would need to recover quicker from fatigue and injuries so that people keep buying tickets and filling the seats at stadiums and arenas. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s true that the sport (or pageant) of bodybuilding is mainly built upon the use of anabolics. If you\u2019ve read past articles of mine about the subject, you\u2019d know I could care less if they are using such things. In fact, I don\u2019t even care if ANY professional athlete is using anabolics or PEDs. Yes, I know it\u2019s illegal. But so is driving drunk, yet people do it every single night in this country. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s right, but let\u2019s call a spade a spade and agree that these things happen way more frequently than they are reported on.<\/p>\n
Bodybuilders indeed have some of the best genetics on the planet, yet, even they need a little boost to put on more mass than the guy standing next to him (or her) on stage. It\u2019s the nature of the beast. You have card players who count cards which is considered cheating that goes unannounced. There are so many examples that I can use here, but in the end, bodybuilding will always remain a target for negative discussion. <\/p>\n
I mean, you can just look at the bodybuilders of today and realize it\u2019s not exactly \u201cnatural\u201d to look that way. How many guys do you seen on a daily basis that are 250+ pounds and ripped? Not many, even though we do see a bunch of 250+ pound guys (who are overweight) walking around in our streets. It\u2019s like seeing a guy living under a bridge and saying he\u2019s homeless. No kidding, do you think he is sleeping under there because he was just tired and needed a nap? <\/p>\n
I hate the fact that I even needed to make this article to defend bodybuilding, but someone needs to stand up to hypocrites who report extremely biased news. People who have an agenda to beat down our industry for no other reason than they don\u2019t understand it and don\u2019t care to. Many of the people talking smack about our industry are lazy\u2014they themselves don\u2019t even work out. Yet, they want to poke this industry with sticks and laugh as if they are doing the world a great service by commenting on the death of athletes they never even spoke about. <\/p>\n
In closing, if you want to talk about bodybuilding and the industry, go ahead. You\u2019re stating the obvious yet you\u2019re ignorant enough to disregard everything else that goes on behind closed doors in any competitive sport today. When you want to go out and report that the grass is green and the sky is blue, you must realize that YOU are under the microscope. What agenda are you looking to push by stating the obvious? While you state the obvious, you also open yourself up for scrutiny if you never speak highly in regards to that industry. <\/p>\n
TMZ, ESPN, take notes. If you want to talk about our industry, then go ahead. But, you better look to report all the GOOD that the industry does as well. You refuse to showcase the 60+ year olds who are still competing and look better than people half their age. So, when you\u2019re done pulling your head out of your butt, open up your eyes to the big picture\u2014it\u2019s not all negative like what you\u2019re trying to portray. But you\u2019ll never see that. It\u2019s too easy to report on a subject that you have no interest in covering and want to expose all the \u201cevil\u201d behind it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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