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Natural Bodybuilding, Figure and Fitness
News
DFAC - Drug Free
Athletes Coalition
The
New Standard in Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness
Competitions
Click here for the 2012 DFAC
Competition Schedule
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The sport of natural
bodybuilding is not just fractured – it is completely
broken. In order for the sport to grow, egos must be put
aside and the relationship between organization, athlete
and promoter must be one of mutual respect. Enter the
DFAC.
While many federations claim to be all about the athlete
we see the sport becoming more about the federation
profiting off the athlete and promoter. Affiliation fees,
sanction fees and increased membership costs are not
helping in an already troubled economy. The more it costs
to promote to promote a show the more it costs to compete
and the less promoters have to offer.
It’s all about the
athletes
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We have listened to the
complaints voiced by competitors regarding judging, drug
testing (urine and polygraph tests) and how competitions
are organized and run, and have set out to establish and
enforce rules, drug-testing policies and judging
parameters to make the competitive experience for athletes
consistent, fair and fun. Athletes diet and train for
months on end and spend substantial amounts of money for
essentially 20 minutes on stage. They deserve the best
possible arena to compete in and display the results of
their hard work.
Promoters make it happen
We have heard the concerns voiced by promoters and have
put in place a support mechanism that is unparalled in the
industry. Promoters work hard and risk personal finances
to provide athletes with great venues, nice trophies, and
an enjoyable experience. They do this not in an effort to
turn profit but to help the sport survive. We want to help
them make the sport flourish.
Our solution
In the DFAC, promoters are not charged sanction fees, nor
affiliation fees. When the promoter gets an athlete to
join, the fee is split 50/50 with the promoter to put
toward his event or pay expenses. Promoters can run their
shows under their own banner. For example: Michael
Lipowski’s PURE PHYSIQUE Personal Training presents The
Northern USA Classic, a DFAC Pro-Qualifier. This allows
the promoter to build his or her own brand.
There are no crossovers at DFAC sanctioned events. This is
to avoid trophy hunters and redundancy for the audience.
However, a promoter may opt to have bikini and male model
classes but these classes would be non-sanctioned and do
not require membership. This allows the promoter to
attract more local competitors and 100 percent of the
class fees go to the promoter. This more than offsets the
loss of revenue from not having crossovers.
A digital magazine will be launched by Spring 2012.
Promoters can advertise their events with full page ads at
cost. The estimate for cost is around $2.50 (yes, two
dollars and fifty cents) per page. Also, within the
magazine, athletes will find coupons from advertisers that
will cover the cost of their subscription several times
over.
Each promoter will receive updates regarding drug test
results after each sanctioned event. This is to ensure our
sport remains free of DFAC banned athletes competing in
our events. Also, an email contact list will be provided
to all promoters and updated after each event. Every
promoter will know how many athletes are competitng in the
DFAC and will be able to contact them for upcoming
contests or seminars.
By having an athlete list promoters will know how much
revenue is in the DFAC account. Our books will be open to
reassure our promoters that we are financially sound and
that the income is being used for DFAC operations.
We believe this plan is best for all of us who genuinely
love the sport of natural bodybuilding.
Sincerely,
DFAC Founders
Rich Fitter
Michael Lipowski
Vicky McCann & Guy Addison – BNBF
For more information:
www.drugfreeathletescoalition.com
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