I saw your physique in your one day out thread. Incredible work man. Keep building it to what you desire. Don't conform to the standards and don't lose an ounce of muscle; hard work and dedication. Maybe we could see a new look to the bodybuilders in this new league. Anything can happen at this point.
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I saw your physique in your one day out thread. Incredible work man. Keep building it to what you desire. Don't conform to the standards and don't lose an ounce of muscle; hard work and dedication. Maybe we could see a new look to the bodybuilders in this new league. Anything can happen at this point.
Looks like one wild guess came true. Good for bb.com to make that move and hopefully there will be an exodus of other sponsors and competitors to NPC Global. Will the IFBB feel the heat? A resounding YES !
Izk
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"Nspire" seriously?
Why did he want to keep the NPC acronym so badly? Its likely people will confuse the two.
Why did he want to keep the NPC acronym so badly? Its likely people will confuse the two.
ChuckSipes
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i thought the same thing man.. "nspire" is fucking terrible
The "guess" part of #1 was that Thompson orchestrated the Kai debacle. He suggested otherwise in the video. Thompson/Greene are a lot smarter than they want to let on. The Delucas and BB.com may be in on it too. Kai announced DynamiK's "partnership" with bodybuilding.com; he also announced a "meet & greet" event in Vegas on Saturday - off-site from the Olympia expo, of course.
Thompson has been friends with the Delucas for years. With the marketing resources and reach of bodybuilding.com, Nspire has guaranteed that it will get exposure. Imagine bb.com live streaming all of NPC Global's big events to its million daily unique visitors.
Bodybuilding.com customers aren't NPC/IFBB loyalists. It's customer base will be influenced by BB.com and not NPC/IFBB PR. The NPC/IFBB's supporters -- flexonline.com, rxmuscle.com -- will stay loyal but their reach pales in comparison to that of bodybuilding.com. Muscular Development could go either way.
I hope the outcome of this is that the NPC/IFBB stranglehold on athletes, press, sponsors is broken. This will give physique competitors the freedom to compete in multiple organizations; (a truly free) press the freedom to cover and promote multiple organizations; and sponsors freedom to support any organization they want without the NPC/IFBB ability to blackball them.
@Millard Baker I would venture to say that would be the most ideal outcome and I certainly hope that NPC Global doesn't bite off more than it can chew.
I don't understand why he is using NPC in "NPC Global". Their legal counsel must think they can get away with it.
Of course, it will cause confusion. Some people on forums already think it is associated with National Physique Committee. It seems like there would be trademark issues.
World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was forced to stop using the acronym WWF and change its name after World Wildlife Fund (WWF) prevailed in court in 2002. But the World Wildlife Fund apparently registered the acronym back in the 1960s. Maybe there's no such registration for NPC.
I had been confusing NPC and NPC Global until watching his NSPIRE blabla on youtube, really unoriginal name, Nspire is also fucking stupid and looks like it has been made up by a child... Otherwise I have nothing against his company but he could have put a bit more effort or even plain thought in coming up with an actual name with a meaning lol...
Izk
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I think somethingg along the lines of "Athletes Federation" would have been nice. Just to show it's focused on the athletes.
the Athletes League of BodyBuilding ALBB.
BodyBuilding Athletes Alignment BBAA.
International Partnership of BB Athletes IPBBA.
the Athletes League of BodyBuilding ALBB.
BodyBuilding Athletes Alignment BBAA.
International Partnership of BB Athletes IPBBA.
Did you guys know that the Mr. Olympia contest was named after a beer? Larry Scott was having dinner one night at Joe Weiders house and they were having dinner and a beer and Weider was telling Larry about his idea for the biggest contest in the world, and he wanted Larry to enter. The beer they were drinking was "Olympia" beer during the convo
When I first heard of NPC Global I thought the National Physique Committee was going international lol.
Izk
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Everyone whos watched pumping iron knows that.
I don't remember that being in the movie Pumping Iron. I guess I'll have to watch it again
Izk
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Something I didn't know when i first watched pumping iron was that lou ferrigno is deaf. I only noticed his hearing aids like 10 years later.
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