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I didn't know about that whole incident with Kobayashi. Sucks.
Lord Error said:He made this competition famous like it is today. Maybe too strong of a word, but still, it was completely obscure and not known to anyone before he joined really. That makes the way they treated him with this 'incident' all the worse.
He's always a dbag. He's as American as Mr. T in Rocky 3. Kobeyashi is the real American.goober said:As much as I like competition, Chestnut was such a dbag last year.
Celsior said:Totally dodges the question
DrForester said:"We didn't ban him, he just elected not to be here, and his name magically vanished from the winner's board behind me"
Celsior said:Totally dodges the question
Brinbe said:Ha, that was awkward. Surprised they even brought it up.
DrForester said:"We didn't ban him, he just elected not to be here, and his name magically vanished from the winner's board behind me"
Celsior said:Totally dodges the question
Kaako said:Please tell me someone is streaming Kobayashi's try as well? If so link it up here as well.
Would be fun watching them side by side.
I remember there was a thread saying he would be "competing" 9 miles away at some penthouse during the same time. Hope it wasn't false.DrForester said:Huh?
DrForester said:Huh?
Hot Dog-Eating Champ Eats in Exile
via (title unknown) on 7/2/11
Six-time hot dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi was barred from competing in Nathan's Famous annual July 4th hot dog-eating competition due to a contract dispute, and banned in 2010 from the event itself after trying to storm the stage, wearing a free Kobi T-shirt. This year he's trying to compete from afar, eating hot dogs in a Manhattan bar alongside a live satellite feed of the Coney Island contest. Even if he wins, the president of Major League Eating, which administers the competition, says he won't recognize the victory. "It's a farce, and I'm all for it," George Shea says. "But it's still a farce." Shea says the league has been trying to negotiate with Kobayashi for more than a year, but he refuses to talk. Kobayashi seems to harbor no ill will: "I don't have any vengeance against anyone," he says. "It's not like that. I went for what I wanted to and felt it was fair. Every time I go for a record now, I'm just working for myself."
weekend_warrior said:Predictions!
1st place- Chestnut
2nd place- Some guy who's big but not super fat and has a crazy haircut/ outfit
3rd place- Some really fat guy
4th place- A woman
and how long have you been a GAFer for?TheExodu5 said:Major Leaguing Eating?
smh America
lazybones18 said:I see Kobayashi's name on the wall. WTF you guys talking about?
The portrait of six-time winner of Nathan's Famous July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest was removed from the wall by the Major League Eating organization.
"The wall has been changed a few different times," said organizer Richard Shea. "And they were all great eaters at the time."
goober said:"don't forget takeru kobayashi is not here"