Major Shake Up Between NPC and IFBB

Major Shake up between the NPC and IFBB!

As reported by Generation Iron last week, 

During the 2017 Amateur Olympia that was held in Vegas this week, the IFBB refused to let their judges take part in the event. This was apparently due to the fact that the NPC were insisting that their judges take control of the event.

This has now been confirmed as a letter was released to the public by the CSFF (South American Confederation of Bodybuilding and Fitness) – explaining that the NPC judges do not have the same qualifications as international IFBB judges. Essentially, NPC judges do not have an international card.

Because of this reveal, the IFBB have pulled their judges out and the CSFF asked the IFBB to take action against the NPC.

It looked like the IFBB took notice, as shortly after, a press release was issued by the IFBB stating that the NPC are suspended temporarily for the events that occurred at the Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas between the 13-14 September 2017.

In order to help people understand what was happening, Dave Palumbo, of RxMuscle, helped break things down.

Shortly after that was issued, the NPC issued their own press release about where they stood with the IFBB.

As of yesterday morning, the newest gossip we heard was that Rafael Santonja, president of the official IFBB, launched a new Pro Division for Bodybuilding & Fitness WorldWide!

"The IFBB is taking back control of the judging in the pro ranks with transparency and straight forward rules making it a professional and fair judging system again."

We will know more as things develop, but needless to say, this was one of the most interesting and electric Olympia competitions in history... and not because of what went down on stage. We'll report more as the saga continues.