Lee Thompson Revealed! LIVE WITH STACEY OSTER!

**apickerill** · 10-23-2015, 07:55 PM

Here's what happened
DP rattles on about journalistic integrity and let's bada Bing bada boom on the show from his yacht whilst holding ramys dad captive in the ships hull so ramy won't relocate to Mass and become Mr Olympia
Then
He has blonde bimbo he abused me but I still married him on a see told you he's a piece of shit interview

THE POPULOUS SAW THRU THIS CHARADE
and Romano gets a press pass ???

CORRECT ??

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**swingslammer** · 10-23-2015, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Joe Pietaro

Juan Morel's NPC News video is pathetic. If anyone has not seen it, check it out and that's a microcosm of this entire charade that went on at and post-Olympia.

You bring up a good point, Mike. Will the athletes like Sarah LeBlanc and Alex Carneiro (who was just announced today) begin to see posts about them not paying an old parking ticket or returning a library book because they are playing ball with the other team now?

Any chance you can post a link to any.of those? Thanks.

**BOOMER** · 10-23-2015, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

McMahon was hit with a steroids lawsuit that sank his federation, wasn't it? I know the last contest was drug tested and the competitors (minus Strydom) really suffered for it. Who was the person who put them on a high fat diet? And didn't Ferrigno sign up but then give the federation a pass at the last minute?

DeMilia suffered from prostate cancer which put the nix on the PDI? Thought his health was the obstacle preventing PDI from succeeding.

Thompson? No idea. But did I read Romano's comments right? Was Thompson axed by the IFBB and that pushed him to move forward with his own project? Or were things 100% and Thompson just made his move? I thought it sounded fake when he said part of his decision was based on Kai Greene not competing at the O. I mean, especially after he was such a proponent of Phil Heath. Like, why would Thompson give two shits about Greene from his earlier comments on him as a competitor?

That said, competition is good, right? The WBF's presence or creation ushered in some good things for IFBB athletes. Weider paid out some healthy contracts in response to McMahon throwing money at his WBF athletes. Or do I have my history wrong?

Your history would be better than mine mate Lol! But I was just trying to make a bit of a point with bettering the sport

**Joe Pietaro** · 10-23-2015, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

McMahon was hit with a steroids lawsuit that sank his federation, wasn't it? I know the last contest was drug tested and the competitors (minus Strydom) really suffered for it. Who was the person who put them on a high fat diet? And didn't Ferrigno sign up but then give the federation a pass at the last minute?

The then-WWF had that steroid lawsuit going on (remember Hulk Hogan wearing a fag bag with jeans and a blazer going into court?) and that made him put the brakes on the juice for the WBF. Basically that's why Ferrigno bailed after being on the WBF Lifestyles magazine cover saying he was gunning for Strydom's title. (Not sure about the high fat diet guy, though.)

Originally Posted by Curt James

DeMilia suffered from prostate cancer which put the nix on the PDI? Thought his health was the obstacle preventing PDI from succeeding.

That's what I heard. He got sick and had to step away. Would it have succeeded if DeMilia was healthy? Who knows?

Originally Posted by Curt James

Thompson? No idea. But did I read Romano's comments right? Was Thompson axed by the IFBB and that pushed him to move forward with his own project? Or were things 100% and Thompson just made his move? I thought it sounded fake when he said part of his decision was based on Kai Greene not competing at the O. I mean, especially after he was such a proponent of Phil Heath. Like, why would Thompson give two shits about Greene from his earlier comments on him as a competitor?

Thompson says he resigned and no official word from the federations refuting that. A lot of people have said that he was fired but no one in charge, so take it for what it's worth.

Originally Posted by Curt James

That said, competition is good, right? The WBF's presence or creation ushered in some good things for IFBB athletes. Weider paid out some healthy contracts in response to McMahon throwing money at his WBF athletes. Or do I have my history wrong?

You're one hundred percent right, Curt. Weider was paying these guys shit before the WBF. But I don't think that Thompson's new league will have the same effect. Weider was paying them for the magazine contracts and that has kind of become a thing of the past. Will this make AMI and Blechy shell out more money so these guys don't compete elsewhere? I don't see the connection there. Maybe with AMI since they run the Olympia and want to keep the big names there.

**Sandpig** · 10-23-2015, 08:40 PM

This is one hell of a thread

I don't have a popcorn smiley on my phone

**BOOMER** · 10-23-2015, 08:56 PM

You're one hundred percent right, Curt. Weider was paying these guys shit before the WBF. But I don't think that Thompson's new league will have the same effect. Weider was paying them for the magazine contracts and that has kind of become a thing of the past. Will this make AMI and Blechy shell out more money so these guys don't compete elsewhere? I don't see the connection there. Maybe with AMI since they run the Olympia and want to keep the big names there.

I don't think more money is what the sport really needs for growth? Yes, of course more money is great for the Athletes and they deserve a bigger piece of the industries cake. I believe there needs to be more connection between the federations and not disconnection. It will take something sooo huge for the IFBB to be beaten. So instead of competing, join together in a way.

**Joe Pietaro** · 10-23-2015, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by swingslammer

Any chance you can post a link to any.of those? Thanks.

**Geoff Roberts** · 10-23-2015, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by apickerill

Here's what happened
DP rattles on about journalistic integrity and let's bada Bing bada boom on the show from his yacht whilst holding ramys dad captive in the ships hull so ramy won't relocate to Mass and become Mr Olympia
Then
He has blonde bimbo he abused me but I still married him on a see told you he's a piece of shit interview

THE POPULOUS SAW THRU THIS CHARADE
and Romano gets a press pass ???

CORRECT ??

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This whole Lee Thompson fiasco is really making the "show both sides/equal time/integrity" talk extremely ironic isn't it?

**apickerill** · 10-23-2015, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Geoff Roberts

This whole Lee Thompson fiasco is really making the "show both sides/equal time/integrity" talk extremely ironic isn't it?

IRONIC
and not very well thought out !!!!!

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**Joe Pietaro** · 10-23-2015, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by BOOMER

I don't think more money is what the sport really needs for growth? Yes, of course more money is great for the Athletes and they deserve a bigger piece of the industries cake. I believe there needs to be more connection between the federations and not disconnection. It will take something sooo huge for the IFBB to be beaten. So instead of competing, join together in a way.

There's a better chance of teaching a bear to shit in a toilet and wipe his or her ass clean before the federations work in conjunction with one another, especially this new one and the NPC/IFBB.

**BOOMER** · 10-23-2015, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Joe Pietaro

There's a better chance of teaching a bear to shit in a toilet and wipe his or her ass clean before the federations work in conjunction with one another, especially this new one and the NPC/IFBB.

Yeah wishful thinking I suppose.

**Curt James** · 10-23-2015, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Joe Pietaro

Diesel is genuine, heartfelt. Nothing pathetic about his statement of gratefulness at being able to pursue competition in the NPC and build a career in the IFBB.

**Joe Pietaro** · 10-23-2015, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Curt James

Diesel is genuine, heartfelt. Nothing pathetic about his statement of gratefulness at being able to pursue competition in the NPC and build a career in the IFBB.

I'm friends with Juan and know him since we met in 2012 when I used to ghostwrite his column for FLEX when we both worked together there. So if anything, I would go out of my way to defend him. But this clip is defenseless and while I do believe that he is a genuine guy, this is so blatantly rushed and forced upon him. He keeps looking over to his left where someone was probably standing who grabbed him to do this video and he's stammering with his words and was not prepared to do this whatsoever.

If anyone can find a mushy video like this that was shot before the Thompson split, I'll freely admit that my suspicions may be wrong. But all of these pledges exploded during Olympia Weekend as soon as all of this shit started with NPC Global.

**swingslammer** · 10-23-2015, 10:30 PM

Thanks for the link Joe...I will watch it soon and give my opinion.

**Curt James** · 10-23-2015, 11:06 PM

Joe, sure, they were all asked or directed to do the vids. Did you see the Kai Greene one? Watch to the very end after they thought the filming had stopped. RS's demeanor changed entirely.

That doesn't, however, make any of it pathetic, though.

Meh.

I don't see Nspire making much of a dent. Curious about compensation for that specific group of athletes who'll qualify for revenue sharing, but am not that worked up about the news overall.