Competitive Eating compared to hockey fighting
nerdsonsports.com compared competitive eating to another sport after eating the Godzilla Burger (two half-pound beef patties, four slices of cheese, bacon and onions) at the Eagle Deli in Boston in 4 minutes
Power Gluttony and NHL brawls have more similarities than one might initially think. Both are violent and messy affairs. Both generally end with one person throwing their hands up in surrender (or passing out). And both outwardly appear like nothing but barbaric, unplanned chaos. I want to set the record straight on that last point, though, as a lot of though goes into both pursuits.
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Rhonda Evans said
April 3, 2007 @ 11:55 am
Maybe I’m missing something, but I fail to see the similarity regarding violence.
PrettyBoyDavekos said (Registered April 3, 2007)
April 3, 2007 @ 6:42 pm
You’re not missing anything. I’ve been in plenty of hockey fights and also finished the “Riley Burger” at the Eagle Deli (3lb. burger with about a pound of cheese, lettuce, onion, etc. & 5lbs. of fries) a couple of years back. A hockey fight is a full out brawl with little or no game plan. However, competitive eating is as much strategy as it is endurance. Violence is the furthest element from CE.
Serpico said (Registered April 4, 2007)
April 4, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Hey folks, I actually wrote that article. The point I was trying to make was that, outwardly, it appears that CE and NHL brawls are violent and messy affairs. The average fan doesn’t realize how ‘nuanced’ each is. Famed hockey enforcer Tie Domi has referenced that he has a strategy when we gets himself into a fight (how to rotate someone on the ice, which hand to use, whether or not he goes for the nose or the temple), and good Competitive Eaters approach an event with a similar gameplan.
Serpico said (Registered April 4, 2007)
April 4, 2007 @ 9:27 am
Hey folks, I actually wrote the article on Nerds on Sports, so I figured I’d stop by and clarify.
The “violence” of both CE and hockey brawls is in the eyes of the observer. In the eyes of the participant, Competitive Eating and NHL fighting is a much more nuanced, controlled affair. Speaking as someone who has watched Hot Dog and Lobster eating contests with friends, they react in pretty much the same way as seeing a fistfight – wincing when debris flies everywhere and lamenting that they never want to do it themselves. But no Competitive Eater would call what they do violent or chaotic, even if it is a bit messy.
Hockey fights are certainly violent, but they are far from chaos, at the highest level anyway. Tie Domi, the famed hockey brawler, has gone on the record talking about the kind of strategy he uses in each of his fights, based on the size of his opponent and their fighting acumen. And good CEs have strategy around what they want to accomplish at each event. The similarities are there, particularly in terms of the planning and strategy that the audience doesn’t see.
anonymous said
April 4, 2007 @ 9:42 am
Pretty Boy you were at the meatball contest? If you dont mind me saying , you have a very attractive looking wife
Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)
April 4, 2007 @ 2:01 pm
c r e e p y