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On September 16, 2006, you violated Article 1.7 of the IFBB Professional Rules by competing in a non-IFBB Professional League competition in New York City. On September 20, 2006, you were provisionally suspended pending a hearing scheduled for October 17, 2006, at the IFBB Head Office in Montreal, Canada.
Additionally, you were notified that, should you fail to participate in the hearing for whatever reason, you may be suspended without a hearing. On October 6, 2006, you confirmed that you would not attend the hearing.
Your decision to deliberately violate IFBB Professional Rules, despite being fully aware of the consequences, leaves the IFBB Professional Committee no alternative but to take disciplinary action against you.
Therefore, it is the decision of the Committee that you are hereby suspended for a period of one year, effective this date. However, given your longtime membership within the IFBB and based upon your verbal agreement to provide the IFBB with a signed letter of apology indicating you will from this date forward abide by the IFBB Professional Rules, the Committee is prepared to reduce the suspension to nine months, from October 17, 2006 to July 17, 2007.
You are advised that, while under suspension, you remain a Member of the IFBB Professional League and that any further violation of the IFBB Professional Rules may result in your expulsion.
Pursuant to Article 10 of the IFBB Professional Rules, you have the right of appeal.
Sincerely yours,
Tony Blinn
Secretary
IFBB Professional League
cc. Ben Weider, CM, CQ, CStJ, PhD
Jim Manion
Stephen R. Stern