(From Wii Ware)
There's something beautiful about the Hot Dog Eating Contest. America as a land of freedom and a place to share opinions allows people to become divided over their opinions on what is right and what is wrong. It allows us to debate about controversial issues in an arena where (hopefully) we all can be heard. One of the polarizing issues in this country is actually eating contests. As there are many Americans who love Major League Eating (seriously, that is the name) there are a lot of opponents to the league as well (for fairly obvious reasons including gluttony and boasting wasting food where others even this country starve).
Yesterday is the main day for MLE. It was their Superbowl, World Series, Daytona 500, etc because the July 4th Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest is the main contest that everyone knows about (the other ones are not nearly as well known). Mainly MLE has had a story line for the last 10 years or so as Kobayashi demolished the competition for 6 years in a row but has recently over the last 4 years been upstaged by Joey Chestnut.
This year Chestnut ate 54 hot dogs, a far cry from previous years, but still enough to beat the other eaters as second place was 9 dogs back. Joey's main rival wasn't there this year because he is fighting with MLE over a contract that will prevent him from eating in events that are not sponsored by the MLE (and I feel that Kobayashi is right in this regard). However Hot Dog fans, don't fret, as Kobayashi did make an apparence at this year's event as he stormed the stage after the show before being arrested.
It's a day later now and I'm assuming the news about this will stop today (unless something else major happens) as MLE takes its seat behind the MLS but in front of the NHL (I kid, I kid) as the least known major sports league in this nation. (Fun Fact though, MLE does have a video game).
