Pros and dough

[Krazsu]

How much does a professional bodybuilder make (money wise)? Is there a bunch of ways they get paid? Example.. magizines, commercials, online, BBing products, etc?

[gomez26]

only top 6 get decent money, the rest deal, suck cock or whatever

[feltmann]

Thats a bit extreme, a lot have normal jobs too. What I would like to know is how much money does it cost to prepare for a major show. I heard its like 10-20 grand?

[LUKEDEICHER]

only top 6 get decent money, the rest deal, suck cock or whatever

As retarded, offensive, and simplified your statement is.

Alot of it has a great deal of truth to it. Just not worth discussing in detail.

[jslt1]

Bodybuilders are the most underpaid on the damn planet. It makes me sick to see what these basketball,football,baseball,etc. players make. But, I guess its like everything else unfair.

[bxbombers]

Bodybuilders are the most underpaid on the damn planet. It makes me sick to see what these basketball,football,baseball,etc. players make. But, I guess its like everything else unfair.

yankee staduim sells 50,000 tickets 70 times a year.. a bodybuilding show is lucky to have a couple hundred fans.. but you want them to get more money? do something to sell some seats and youll get paid..


besides that. ronnie was a full time police officer while winning sandows like teddy bears at the carnivale. thats how a real man handles their buisness -not selling drugs and posing at "private partys". and then use the excuse "i dont get paid enough", when the real reason is your too fuking lazy

[jslt1]

yankee staduim sells 50,000 tickets 70 times a year.. a bodybuilding show is lucky to have a couple hundred fans.. but you want them to get more money? do something to sell some seats and youll get paid..


besides that. ronnie was a full time police officer while winning sandows like teddy bears at the carnivale. thats how a real man handles their buisness -not selling drugs and posing at "private partys". and then use the excuse "i dont get paid enough", when the real reason is your too fuking lazy

Yankee staduim, does that kind of business, you got to be ****t'n me. You are missing the whole Goddamn point. Its all politics of the world, Im not gettin a ****in debate in this thread.

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[bxbombers]

Yankee staduim, does that kind of business, you got to be ****t'n me. You are missing the whole Goddamn point. Its all politics of the world, Im not gettin a ****in debate in this thread.

you said its unfair that basketball and football players make so much more then bodybuilders.. you ever go to a bodybuilding show? theres nobody there, but they should get paid more?

theres no politics involved. get people to start going to the shows and you'll get paid more, simple as that..

so do you want us to take derek jeters salary and donate it to some bodybuilders? while your at it take some of my paycheck and give it to my garbageman..

[feltmann]

Thats true, you dont get paid based on effort alone, its effort given that there is a high demand. Thats how a free market economy works. You cant force people to like something they dont & pay for it.

[feltmann]

Whats interesting is Shawn Ray was set to be a football star, yet he went into bb'ing. I wonder what possesed him?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1gNlw-OhNQ

[Mr. Aries]

Yankee staduim, does that kind of business, you got to be ****t'n me. You are missing the whole Goddamn point. Its all politics of the world, Im not gettin a ****in debate in this thread.

lmao.. settle down there, heh.. it's just a forum.

[Mr. Aries]

if compensation was based on hard work and labor, then the people who clean toilets 60 hours a week should all be millionaires.

[iroczinoz]

What about these poker players getting these ridiculous amounts of money for sitting on their ass playing cards. How many people in the audience at those events? Same with billards don't they make a bit of money? Yet they would have less spectators then a bodybuiling competition.

It is the organization that keeps the profits and don't pass them down to the athletes.

[iroczinoz]

if compensation was based on hard work and labor, then the people who clean toilets 60 hours a week should all be millionaires.

damn right! And that is why I hate listening to those stupid models that say modeling is such hard work. Go clean toilets for $15 an hour.

[Mr. Aries]

What about these poker players getting these ridiculous amounts of money for sitting on their ass playing cards. How many people in the audience at those events? Same with billards don't they make a bit of money? Yet they would have less spectators then a bodybuiling competition.

It is the organization that keeps the profits and don't pass them down to the athletes.

gambling is a HUGE industry.. See Vegas and Macau.

Poker tournaments are also aired and watched by millions.. Bodybuilding shows are hardly watched by the audience sitting in the seats, let alone TV viewers.

Billards is a huge recreational game/sport.. There isn't an outrageous amount of money in billards, but definitely much more than bodybuilding.

[bxbombers]

What about these poker players getting these ridiculous amounts of money for sitting on their ass playing cards. How many people in the audience at those events? Same with billards don't they make a bit of money? Yet they would have less spectators then a bodybuiling competition.

It is the organization that keeps the profits and don't pass them down to the athletes.

poker is huge.. big time ratings on tv.. jerry seinfield is a billionaire because so many people turned on to watch his show. once/if bodybuilding gets on tv and have millions of viewers then the sponsorship money will be flying in

[wanabeebig]

Bodybuilding used to be on T.V. regular channels not having to pay 35 bucks for it.


And they wonder why it has gone down in popularity.

[roid gut]

Whats interesting is Shawn Ray was set to be a football star, yet he went into bb'ing. I wonder what possesed him?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1gNlw-OhNQ

dude you're supposed to be 33 years old, how do you not know better? football star my ass.

i mean could see a 15 year old like wanabeebig ask such a stupid question, but you are a grown man.

[roid gut]

the question is why should there even be pros?

bodybuilding in nothing, its a bunch of exercises, so what?

you people think its the public that doesn't get, but the truth is its you guys that can't handle the truth.

there is nothing special about an over sized, drugged up person. it doesn't matter how dedicated that person was to something that nobody else gives a **** about, they still won't give a **** about it.

dedicating yourself to something meaningless doesn't give it any meaning, it is still meaningless.

i want to hear what is so good about pro bodybuilding that people should care about it. go ahead tell me one thing.

[wanabeebig]

the question is why should there even be pros?

bodybuilding in nothing, its a bunch of exercises, so what?

you people think its the public that doesn't get, but the truth is its you guys that can't handle the truth.

there is nothing special about an over sized, drugged up person. it doesn't matter how dedicated that person was to something that nobody else gives a **** about, they still won't give a **** about it.

dedicating yourself to something meaningless doesn't give it any meaning, it is still meaningless.

i want to hear what is so good about pro bodybuilding that people should care about it. go ahead tell me one thing.

So also Pro NFL players.?

Big druged up guys with lots of dedication.


Hmm, lets not have pros at all.

Maybe your the one asking and posting stupid ****.

[roid gut]

you're a child. that's not a bad thing, but it is true.

[MassIsAhead]

Are we socialists here? No. Bodybuilders get what they are worth. Sad but true. Worth is determined by the market. Consumers determine the market.

So if you wanna blame someone, blame the big audience.

[jiboom]

What about these poker players getting these ridiculous amounts of money for sitting on their ass playing cards. How many people in the audience at those events? Same with billards don't they make a bit of money? Yet they would have less spectators then a bodybuiling competition.

It is the organization that keeps the profits and don't pass them down to the athletes.

poker players win a pot that is paid for by the entry. They dont get paid. They put in the stake (upto $10,000 for the world series main event) and get a percentage of the total pot. last year there was 8,000+ in main event giving a prize pool of $80,000,000!! The winner's share was 12,000,000. if you didnt make the top 800 you won nothing.