So you’re arguing for arguments sake. That’s exactly whay you’re doing.
Facts are evidence which i have provided.
You are wishfully thinking there was more to the contest than there actually was. There wasn’t.
Smarter than you that’s for sure.
Nope. The point system was fine. You are somehow in the delusional thinking that if a different scoring system was used the outcome would be different. Tough. Arnold won because he was the best that day. You don’t deny it but you don’t admit it either.
Nope. I am arguing that the 1980 Olympia had a controversial outcome. Your position seems to be that the result was never in question by anyone except homers.
All that I thought you learned, you have forgotten. There are very few facts. It was a subjective contest.
This is not an example of wishful thinking. It is properly called an opinion, but who would expect you to understand that?
Now this is an example of wishful thinking.
The point system has never been the best system. There are a multitude of pitfalls.
It would have been nice to see how each judge would have placed the competitors first through last.
It has never been my intention to say who I would have picked to win. It has only been my position to shed an objective perspective of the possible differing opinions.
Political analogy: The two parties, liberal and conservative, each believe their positions are the truth. The differences are controversial.
Mentzer was the best that day. Nothing you say is ever going to change that. Nothing. ::
In support of the idea that Arnold shouldn’t have won: How did the audience react when Arnold was declared the winner?
How they reacted when Coe and Mentzer who were tied for 4th might have told quite a bit when that was announced
You can actually watch quite a bit of the contest in low quality through the documentary “Total Rebuild” on YouTube. It was kind of a mixed reaction.
When I was living in California in the late 80’s a friend of mine had said that he had stood next to Lou Ferrigno a few years earlier. My friend was a legitimate 6’5" and he said Lou was an inch or so shorter than him. He also said that he could tell that Lou was bothered by him being taller and was showing it in his behavior.
Lol, imagine being 6’4 and getting all pissy because someone is taller than you
My short 5’9 having ass would be mad at half the world 
He might have been taller if he got angry 
eyes do not lie.
AS had the worst legs in the 80 Olympia.
Who do you think had the best legs?
And I can say with confidence who had by far the best legs. Not even close.
Your comment reminded me that I also saw Cutler at one of those Arnold exhibits, and my recollection now is that he wasn’t that tall. For reference, I’m barely 5’5” in height.
The tallest bodybuilder I ever saw at the Arnold was the (sometime) movie villain Martyn Ford. He is very scary looking dude!
I would say Mike Mentzer…or maybe Roger Walker.
Ever heard of Tom Platz? No one was even close to Platz leg development.
Without question.
I will add, I think the 1981 Olympia is actually even worse than 80. I think just about every man and his dog believes that Platz or Padilla should have won that show.
Yes, I forgot Tom was in the 1980 Mr. Olympia.
How come Tom Platz not even placed in the 1980 Olympia?
Well… Tom Platz did place 9th with a comfortable 11 point lead over 10th place. So he was a solid top 10.
Many people in 1980 shared the belief that Tom’s legs overpowered his upper body, so he is fighting a fair amount of symmetry bias of that era. Judges 4 and 5 gave Tom only 16 points in the symmetry round. But you will notice a judge did give him 19 points, so he didn’t have that bias.