Bodybuilding Weekly: Lee Priest Denied IFBB Reinstatement Once Again

Lee Priest Denied IFBB Reinstatement Once Again
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Hardbodies News on 08 April, 2008 04:31:00
 
April 8, 2008
Lee Priest has again been denied reinstatement by the IFBB, according to a
letter from the IFBB released by Flex Online.
Lee was last denied reinstatement in September 2007.  To see the minutes of
that meeting please go HERE.
At the time of last year's vote by the IFBB Professional Committee, on
September 27th in Las Vegas, Lee had already served a full 12 month suspension. 
Lee had some support on the committee but not enough to win the majority of the
eleven votes that would have been required for reinstatement. After the vote it
was announced that the issue of his reinstatement would be revisited in six
months.  That attempt at early reinstatement has been categorically denied.
As a result, it will not be possible for Lee to qualify to be on stage at the
2008 Olympia.  If he is reinstated the day after the show, his reinstatement
would be effective immediately meaning he could choose to return at one of the
European contests following the Olympia.  As of now, the Holland Grand Prix is
slated to follow the Olympia with one more European contest likely to be added.
Lee Priest was originally suspended for a violation of Article 1.7 of the IFBB
Professional League Rules, which prohibits IFBB athletes from competing in
non-sanctioned or non-approved "competition events."
Click here to see the IFBB letter to Lee Priest