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    Quote Originally Posted by huge285 View Post
    I'm sure the OLYMPIA would be on a selling block as well......that's a money maker. I'd sell all the mag titles (with the Olympia) .....bundle it all together. Blechman should buy the Olympia........but he'd want it for pennies on the dollar and AMI is not stupid. They're gonna tryt o cash in on that sale (I wouldn't blame them)

    This to me is the rub in my posts dating back to Peter McGough's criticism of MD management back when they were even then jockeying for position relative to the Olympia. Correct me if I'm wrong. There has been no public mention of this news over there although I'm sure there is rampant discussion in private. Meanwhile they will watch this side of the aisle and anything Dave Palumbo states can and will be used against him. If only you had Bob and a few others backing you and millions in investment capital RxMuscle might could one day sponsor the Olympia. Laughable for some, but its all about the money.
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    I'm sure AMI wants a ridiculous amount of money to sell the Olympia. Truth be told; I'm sure ROBIN CHANG would want to buy it if he could afford it. He runs it... and successfully to the tune of making a big profit. The OLYMPIA should be in the hands of people who love bodybuilding; not corporate big wigs who are seeing it as a paycheck. The reason the WWE is so successful is that VINCE MCMAHON, TRIPLE H, and STEPHANIE MCMAHON love the WWE ......it's their passion; they live and breathe it......and that's why you can feel that energy in every broadcast you watch!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Musclepapa John View Post
    This to me is the rub in my posts dating back to Peter McGough's criticism of MD management back when they were even then jockeying for position relative to the Olympia. Correct me if I'm wrong. There has been no public mention of this news over there although I'm sure there is rampant discussion in private. Meanwhile they will watch this side of the aisle and anything Dave Palumbo states can and will be used against him. If only you had Bob and a few others backing you and millions in investment capital RxMuscle might could one day sponsor the Olympia. Laughable for some, but its all about the money.
    It again boils down to management and perhaps Dave can correct me if I'm wrong, since he was there at the time. Professor X has always been overly conscious of what the competition is up to, but I'd bet a buck that Dave and John gave a rat's cock about it and just were concerned about putting out a superior product - which it certainly was at the time.

    But now with Funky Cold running the online show, it is baseless with zero in terms of quality content. So of course you have David Baye throwing shallow criticism at Dave's prices for pudding (which tastes great and didn't give me violent diarrhea, like some other products that I know).
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    For the mags & Olympia package yes I think that would have to be a huge amount of money, which is why maybe they would consider splitting things out? Make everything negotiable per each title and the event promotion. I don't see anyone but an existing publisher buying the print mags. Thus, no to bb.com. Not sure Skip Zimbalist at Active Interest Media would be interested or have funds after buying up Robert Kennedy's titles. Bonnier Publishing in Orlando/New York has about 30 titles that revolve around events that they manage and are quite corporate oriented like AMI. ARM; Blechman's company would seem best suited, but that may be a shortsighted perspective.
    Could be nice if Mahon, Triple H & The Rock bought it lol.
    Quote Originally Posted by huge285 View Post
    I'm sure AMI wants a ridiculous amount of money to sell the Olympia. Truth be told; I'm sure ROBIN CHANG would want to buy it if he could afford it. He runs it... and successfully to the tune of making a big profit. The OLYMPIA should be in the hands of people who love bodybuilding; not corporate big wigs who are seeing it as a paycheck. The reason the WWE is so successful is that VINCE MCMAHON, TRIPLE H, and STEPHANIE MCMAHON love the WWE ......it's their passion; they live and breathe it......and that's why you can feel that energy in every broadcast you watch!
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    Dave mentions on HMR robin Chang should buy the mr o. He would do great with it as he does killer job w show
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    Why does any one person or publication have to buy the Olympia? Does ESPN The Magazine own the Super Bowl? It should just be a show that the IFBB has on its schedule and different companies can buy sponsorships towards it.

    Maybe I'm just overlooking something (I have a few in me - hey, it's Saturday night!) but this is another reason why bodybuilding will never get to the level of even independent minor league baseball.

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    Yes Joe you are overlooking that the federations don't put on competitions and schedule matches amongst teams as this sport is individual based with promoters putting on the events sanctioned by the federations. AMI along with Active Interest Media (Oxygen, MuscleMag: www.aimmedia.com/magazines.html) & Bonnier Corporation (30 titles: www.bonniercorp.com) are all publishers that likewise put on events centered around their titles that provides competitors, fans, sponsors and advertisers a diverse means of convergent coverage including print, web and broadcasting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Musclepapa John View Post
    Yes Joe you are overlooking that the federations don't put on competitions and schedule matches amongst teams as this sport is individual based with promoters putting on the events sanctioned by the federations. AMI along with Active Interest Media (Oxygen, MuscleMag: www.aimmedia.com/magazines.html) & Bonnier Corporation (30 titles: www.bonniercorp.com) are all publishers that likewise put on events centered around their titles that provides competitors, fans, sponsors and advertisers a diverse means of convergent coverage including print, web and broadcasting.
    Got ya. But I still think that if the individual shows that were sanctioned by the NPC and IFBB were also "held" by them, it would make things a lot easier and the governing body would be similar to what it is in the pro team sports.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Pietaro View Post
    Got ya. But I still think that if the individual shows that were sanctioned by the NPC and IFBB were also "held" by them, it would make things a lot easier and the governing body would be similar to what it is in the pro team sports.
    Other feds do that and they suck by comparison.

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