Evan Centopani Signs With Prime Nutrition... Leaves Animal/Universal Nutrition After 7 Years

**soujerz** · 07-07-2014, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by JohnnyStyles

Hope "they" use him well . . .

LOL

Regardless of how they use him i think the company is growing far larger and quicker than species.

**ManimalPatB** · 07-07-2014, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by soujerz

Regardless of how they use him i think the company is growing far larger and quicker than species.

They'll use him better than Species did with BSA...

**Curt James** · 07-08-2014, 01:31 AM

Here are some options or possibilities:

Centopani's presence helps PN blow up.
PN fails to maintain growth or declines in popularity and Centopani's salary bankrupts the company.
PN stays the same.

What else is there? Growth, reduction, or status quo.

Fwiw, it seems extremely premature to compare PN to any other supplement line.

**P28REP** · 07-08-2014, 03:31 AM

So Evan and Aaron announced that they will be bringing someone else on to the Prime Nutrition team. They say that this announcement will show that Prime Nutrition is for real. Evan said they are signing someone who is "everything, an athlete, and go to guy for nutrition. He is as respectable and credible as it gets. He is held in high regard." The announcement should come some time next week. Any ideas as to who it might be? I am thinking it might be Dr. Layne Norton? Any thoughts?

**codsta86** · 07-08-2014, 03:55 AM

John Meadows? Matt Porter?

Layne Norton would be an excellent choice and he is good friends with Aaron

**guruhonza** · 07-08-2014, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by codsta86

John Meadows? Matt Porter?

Layne Norton would be an excellent choice and he is good friends with Aaron

Great post... I think it's one of those guys

**Sandpig** · 07-08-2014, 05:31 AM

Yea, Layne would be a great choice especially if they are going into protein.

Sorry but I don't know anything about their line. What happened to Blackstone Labs? Or do they have more than one?
Blackstone was mostly based around legal anabolic compounds, no?

**P28REP** · 07-08-2014, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by codsta86

John Meadows? Matt Porter?

Layne Norton would be an excellent choice and he is good friends with Aaron

I thought John Meadows as well, but I don't think Meadows would give up what he has going on with Biotest. He seems to be happy with them and you can tell he actually believes in the product. He also seems to have a very strong relationship with the owner. Based on some older videos, he has spoken very highly of how he has served as their "guinea" pig. Then again I never thought Evan would leave Animal, so what the hell do I know lol.

Matt Porter didn't come to mind because I wasn't sure if there was a connection b/t Matt, Evan, and Aaron, but that is definitely a great point.

I still think its Dr. Norton as Evan has said some great things about him in his thread and he is very close friends with Aaron (Aaron set up Muscle College Radio with Layne who left once Aaron was no longer associated with RX). Basically they have a business track record together and are personal friends. As you said Dr. Norton would be a great signing considering his line of expertise.

**P28REP** · 07-08-2014, 06:07 AM

Originally Posted by Sandpig

Yea, Layne would be a great choice especially if they are going into protein.

Sorry but I don't know anything about their line. What happened to Blackstone Labs? Or do they have more than one?
Blackstone was mostly based around legal anabolic compounds, no?

Black Stone Labs and Prime Nutrition are both Aaron's company, but Evan will only be involved with Prime Nutrition. He is their main male athlete and head formulator. Evan will be involved with the development of the brand from products, marketing, and apparently athlete recruitment.

Black Stone Labs is geared more towards "hardcore" trainers where as Prime Nutrition includes "hardcore trainers" (bodybuilders, athletes, etc. trying to optimize performance) as well as the average fitness enthusiast.

**Young Gotti** · 07-08-2014, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by DMX

And maybe animal didn't wanna pay Evan the same money he had been making. I'm sure when universal signed him and resigned him, they had hopes of a future mr Olympia .. And for awhile it looked like a possibility .. But I believe we have seen his best . Which is average/slightly above average bodybuilder.

your right, in other sports terms, evan is somewhat a bust so far, on this site 3 years ago ppl were saying he was the next mr o but he's not close

at this point he's a much better bodybuilder personality than bodybuilder, he shouldn'tt give up but i'd love to hear him on a podcast or something, he's really good on some of his videos explaining and showing stuff in an understandable way

**soujerz** · 07-08-2014, 10:20 AM

More big new coming this friday for PRIME, and yes the company could go up it could go down or it could stay the same, But can't you say this about any company?

Also evan is close friends with PJ i'm pretty sure he signed on because they are giving him a percent stake in the company which will help set evan up for life if the company does really well as opposed to just getting a yearly contract or multi year contract with an x amount of dollars annual salary.

**Timbo89** · 07-08-2014, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by DMX

I truly hope so . One of my favorite guys to follow. I just don't know if right now, he's worth big bucks for a supp company . He easily could rebound and make me eat my words and I hope he does.

Contest placings have almost nothing to do with being worth money for a supp company. Antoine vaillant... and on the other end, Dexter Jackson. Evan is worth money because he has a following, and more than that, people would trust his word.

**Nic Brunicardi** · 07-08-2014, 03:15 PM

Expensive supplements in glass jars.

HTW · 07-08-2014, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Timbo89

Contest placings have almost nothing to do with being worth money for a supp company. Antoine vaillant... and on the other end, Dexter Jackson. Evan is worth money because he has a following, and more than that, people would trust his word.

jeff long has a following, would you ever sign him to an extensive sup contract??? I wouldn't . ... Evans following was much greater when he is competing and placing well .. Not saying he doesn't Still have a big following, but most of his following is on MD where he is active on the boards .. And Universal doesn't need Evan .. So why pay for his living expenses ..

**Poker face Ace** · 07-08-2014, 06:45 PM

I really hope it was a good deal for Evan. If anyone in the sport deserves it, it's Evan. Every time I go into my gym I see the pic of Evan, Frank, and Eric on the animal poster so it's kind of hard to see him with another sup company..