Aleesha Young FURIOUS After Omaha Pro Controversy | Live With

[guruhonza]

It is not exactly a good move on a competitor's part to criticize judges who will sit on judging panels for future shows. That has backfired for other competitors.

Then they are fucked up corrupt judges, nothing else. Their job is to judge what's in front of them according to set rules. Nothing else.

[hifrommike65]

News flash: Life is not fair. Or maybe you missed that in grammar school?

As for establishing an online following, I am talking about what Seth Feroce has done in social media. He has been able to support his family without winning pro shows. Young could do that too.

[hifrommike65]

To clarify, I am sympathetic with Aleesha's concerns. I saw bulked up women passed over again & again in the early 2000s at contests I attended. One broke her back trying to give the judges what they wanted, but she never scored higher than sixth in her class. She finally packed it in. What was the point? The NPC/IFBB has made itself clear on FBBs. I would clear out & do something else if it were me.

[Lee Priest]

True story 👍

[Andersen]

The big women need to read the handwriting that's been on the wall for at least a decade. Leave the IFBB & figure out another way to promote themselves online. With social media, if they are smart they can do so.

Well the main point that Young was trying to make is that she and others like her just want legitimate, sanctioned, and respectfully rewarding competitions to participate in just as the men do to fulfill their athletic desires.

Its the same thing that soccer and softballs players went through when their pro league were screwed with an ultimately defunct.

To clarify, I am sympathetic with Aleesha's concerns. I saw bulked up women passed over again & again in the early 2000s at contests I attended. One broke her back trying to give the judges what they wanted, but she never scored higher than sixth in her class. She finally packed it in. What was the point? The NPC/IFBB has made itself clear on FBBs. I would clear out & do something else if it were me.

Yeah, knowing when to pack it in and hang them up is smart, for any athlete.

But as I mention competitive bodybuilding is really the only thing many of these women can be great at and have learn to master over the years of training, participating, studying, learning from previous champions. So because it fulfill their athletic desires the most and adds that extra dimension of excitement to their life, its not simple for them to just quit and do something else.

And that applies to all the body competitors in the women's categories, and some with the men too.