This is a joke.. What is a sport without fans? And how do you make a sport grow without gaining fans? Lol..
As much as I have been dying to watch the Olympia this year more than any other, I almost feel like I should try to take a stance and just not watch it..
Maybe instead of trying so hard to increase the prize money every year to competitors they need to invest in the FANS of the sport and get their shiot together and get a real stream going. Fark I would even pay $50 to get the whole weeknd in HD on pay per view. It is no fun to watch this trying to make out if what your seeing is a big muscle popping out of a competitors back or just a blur in 80's technology..
What are the people running bodybuilding thinking?
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Thread: Mr Olympia Embarrsement.
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09-27-2013, 04:54 PM #1Registered User
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Mr Olympia Embarrsement.
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09-27-2013, 05:01 PM #2Registered User
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I agree re: no HDTV - even Pay Per View would be cool, I would drop the $50 between a few friends and watch at someone's house.
In saying that, stream has yet to start and it has been getting gradually better each year. Hopefully the stream will be 1080P quality...THE LEVRONE 2016 MR. OLYMPIA COMEBACK
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09-27-2013, 05:03 PM #3
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Indeed.
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09-27-2013, 05:07 PM #4Registered User
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Well if it's anything like yesterday's MD video of the press conference.. It has not improved from last year..
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09-27-2013, 05:11 PM #5Registered User
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Im trying to understand their motivation (lack of) to increase viewership. There are some great personalities in the sport right now that could help BB get more mainstream if they just upped their accessibility.
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09-27-2013, 05:12 PM #6Registered User
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If there was ever a time to try putting it on ppv again the time would be now with the exposure of Generation Iron and the fact that this may be one of the best Olympia lineups ever assembled. But one can only assume that there isn't enough revenue generated from a ppv to make it profitable otherwise you would think they would be doing it.
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09-27-2013, 05:14 PM #7Registered User
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or for some reason they dont want to... its the only logical explanation i can come of atm
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09-27-2013, 05:19 PM #8Registered User
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so true man... it SUCKS when you and your buddys wanna watch this or even people who dont really follow bodybuilding and then they see this shiot stream and cant even tell what theyre looking at.
i would pay a 50-60$ payper view fee in an instant! hopefully soon
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09-27-2013, 05:20 PM #9
You nailed it there
a weekend pay per view pass would be awesome. Somethings needed, because most of us are not in Vegas right now, and with fans comes growth and revenue$$$$!
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09-27-2013, 05:22 PM #10Registered User
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i know some euro pro shows used to be on eurosport channel.
its pretty ****ty, they should do a ppvLifts at 101 KG BW
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09-27-2013, 05:22 PM #11Registered User
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I remember they had it on PPV one year. The sales were probably so bad.
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09-27-2013, 05:23 PM #12Registered User
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damn..thats unfortunate.. ive only been following pro bb since 09 how long ago was it on payperviewOriginally Posted by littlemike23
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09-27-2013, 05:25 PM #13
Read the following brah:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=154056441
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09-27-2013, 05:26 PM #14Registered User
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It was maybe 03 or 04. They did indeed try to to do it though, was like 40 bucks. But yeah it sucks
Originally Posted by ikillsuckers
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09-27-2013, 05:30 PM #15Registered User
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The stream's free.
Would you rather pay $19.95 like we had to back in '02 and '03?
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09-27-2013, 05:34 PM #16
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Yes, I would rather pay 20$.Originally Posted by BigDaddyCoolPR
Anyway, their stream should be free + 1080p.
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Do you guys have ANY idea what it takes to stream HD live footage to thousands of people around the world smoothly???
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Well, I'm not gonna pay a single penny so I can listen to Layne.Originally Posted by RoroCwalker
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09-27-2013, 05:36 PM #19flex Magazine June 2008
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No, they really do not.Originally Posted by purdey
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Good read thanks broOriginally Posted by NVious
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Do you know what it takes to watch HD TV thru your cable company? It doesn't matter what it takes they get it done.Originally Posted by spirit3530
IFBB Mr. O is the biggest bodybuilding event of the year by the biggest BB organization there is.. Get some quality.
Unfortunatly it's mainly attitudes like yours that think this sport is in good enough condition it doesn't need to grow or improve. Other people would like to see this sport become more main stream.
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09-27-2013, 06:07 PM #23Registered User
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HD streaming would be awesome. It's more than capable of being done by now.
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Paintball events started streaming a couple years ago and they've got that **** down. An industry bigger than paintball could definitely do it if they wanted to, they just don't.Originally Posted by purdey
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It makes no sense, but for whatever reason, they want to keep this a cultlike thing when it really shouldn't be.Originally Posted by Oxus007
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Pretty sure WBFF worlds is on PPV lol
what can you possibly say to a guy thats ripped up like mother @$%#! rambo
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09-27-2013, 07:14 PM #27Registered User
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All I can say is I hope that big BB show in ***** keep throwing money in to t and over take Mr Olympia as the biggest show. And hope they make it legit judging and **** make it more main stream all around.
Inb4 that show is also hosted by IFBB and I'm unaware and this is retard post lol .. But don't think it is
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It just goes to show you how greedy Bodybuilding.com and the industry really is. They all sh!t money and yet cant give back to the fans ONE weekend a year? Yes, im mad bro~
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09-27-2013, 08:21 PM #29Registered User
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The stream sucks every year. Everyone complains, then the pictures come out and we start arguing about other stuff and making memes. The stream quality gets forgotten. I've never streamed anything online so it's not a big deal to me, but I get why other folks are mad. That said, I don't think (and I could be wrong) but I wouldn't think a stream would be as useful as the pics anyway.
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