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George and Richard Shea, the two brothers who run the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan’s on Coney Island, are considering changing the duration of the competition from 12 minutes to 10 minutes, and some competitive eaters are finding the new rule hard to swallow. George Shea told the Brooklyn Paper that the change is being weighed after an investigation into the traditional time limit unearthed a 1986 Times article that clocks the contest at 10 minutes.
Therefore all qualifying rounds will last just 10 minutes this year, and the ultimate July 4th battle will likely be shortened to that time as well. The change has outraged reigning champ Joey Chestnut, who didn't edge out six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi until the last few minutes of last year’s contest. Chesnut calls the change “ridiculous.”
One competitive eater, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, accused the Shea brothers of changing the rules to appease Nathan’s, because recent contests have led to the very public vomiting of their product: “That’s the last image that Nathan’s wants on TV screens all over the country — people spitting up their delicious hot dogs.” George Shea vigorously denied that suggestion, telling BP, “That’s not the issue! The issue is history, and the preponderance of the evidence now suggests that the contest was always 10 minutes.” But reporter Gersh Kuntzman ends the story by referencing two Times articles from the ‘70s that report the contest as lasting just three-and-a-half-minutes. Developing!
Image of Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chesnut at last year's contest via ESPN.
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They should make it an hour.
"The issue is history, and the preponderance of the evidence now suggests that the contest was always 10 minutes."
Yeah, if you define "always" as "before 1988 and after 1974".. but we all do that, right?
Eating contests are repulsive. There are starving and malnourished people in this world, and we have contests where people jam so much food into their guts that they vomit. Jen is right, they should make it an hour. Let's watch people gorge until they literally burst. That's sport!
"Eating contests are repulsive"
Agreed
Seriously, we're not talking about a century of historical precedence here. If hockey can eliminate the center two-line pass and include a shootout, this gorging contest can add two minutes to the time clock.
this is an insult and outrageous.
i've been puking nathans hotdogs for years.
i think everyone should.
I hope Kobayashi has been training. I'd love to see him recapture his title.
Posting on the internet is repulsive. There are people who don't have electricity in this world, and we bitch on the internet when the electricity goes out. Blah, blah, blah... If you want to be guilty about living in an overabundant society, you're free to do so. Just don't subject the rest of us to it.
@Politburo
Sooo, I should only post if I don't have an opinion? Me so confused.
If you want to be an overabundant eater of hot dogs, you are free to do so. Just don't subject the rest of us to it.
spleenhq,
Last I checked, you weren't being forced to watch the hotdog eating contest. You can either not go to Coney on July 4th or not watch it on TV, correct?
They should have a diarrhea contest afterward!
I blame ESPN. They pushed for this so they could air two more minutes of commercials during the only TV show that people watch on July 4th.
The belt MUST remain with the United States of America, at all costs.
www.forgotten-ny.com
At today's prices, I'm sure Nathan's would prefer Takeru and Joey to eat fewer dogs, too.
this is some cheating shit for those damn unamerican japs.