Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3922 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 591 times:
I know ESPN broadcasts a wide variety of sporting events, but on ESPN2 right now they are televising a eating contest! Why would they put that on TV? It's not even a sport!
DeltaFFinDFW From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1386 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 583 times:
That's because the contest is santioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating....
The Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship, a sanctioned
competition conducted by the International Federation of Competitive
Eating, will feature top-ranked competitive eaters from around the world,
including the top three eaters in the world: Takeru Kobayashi, Sonya "The
Black Widow" Thomas and rookie sensation, Joey Chestnut. The professional
eaters will compete for more than $23,000 in prizes. In addition to the
world championship, a competition will feature Wisconsin's best brat-eaters
as they put away brats for pride, glory and the $2,000 top prize.
The International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE), the
governing body of all stomach-centric sports, conducts more than 70 events
annually, including the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot
Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y. The competitive eating community,
which numbers more than 3,000 veteran and rookie athletes, travels the
nation in search of top titles and the glory that they provide.
AA61Hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 573 times:
By definition a sport is something you practice in, compete in, and have tournaments for with winners and losers (non-winners). So technically it is. I don't buy into it, but you cannot argue with Sports Psychology
Dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3922 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 555 times:
AAFLT1871 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 2333 posts, RR: 16 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 541 times:
Quoting Dragon-wings (Reply 3): It just seems like a dumb thing to put on TV
If they can put soccer on tv and call it a sport, why not eating?
Moose135 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 2020 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 535 times:
My favorite programming block was the World Series of Darts followed by the World Series of Poker. What's next, checkers?
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