Ryan McKillop announces his plans to start a new competitive eating league that will focus on competitors instead of contest sponsors.
Richard Shea will appear on a panel of New York City game changers at Advertising Week's convention on October 4. Al Dejewski, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for Specific Media / MySpace will be another member of the panel.
Don Sturdy reports that Ryan McKillop, currently ranked #33 in the IFOCE top 50, has announced that he has ended his affiliation with that organization.
CompetitiveEaters has posted a video promoting All Pro Eating which primarily uses footage and images from IFOCE contests. update Sept 20 All Pro Eating management says that they had nothing to do with the video, which has been removed.
The field of expected entrants in the September 18 pie eating contest at NYC Apple Day includes Joe Menchetti and Will Millender. This will be Menchetti's first AICE / All Pro Eaters contest since 2008 and Millender's first in over two years.
The Battle Creek Enquirer reports that a banana split eating contest in Marshall, Michigan has considered getting sanctioned by a competitive eating organization, but found the price too expensive.
Deadspin on Kobayashi’s exile from MLE
Deadspin has a long piece about Kobayashi’s exile from Major League Eating. The most interesting in the blog entry may not be about Kobayashi, but about Joey Chestnut:
The Sheas have also rejected Chestnut when he’s wanted to branch out independently.
“They are hard to deal with at times,” he said.
The author sits in on a hot dog training session with Kobayashi, who hopes to have his own line of hot dogs. Kobayashi says that his “jawthritis” has prevented him from powerlifiting, leading to a loss of muscle mass.
tv9kannadanews has a video about Dale Boone competing at the WLOCE eating contest at Nando's in Bangalore, India today. update The Hindu has an article about the contest won by Dale Boone and a longer video from news 9 is also available. update Mar 28 The Bangalore Mirror has an article about runner-up Abhishek M B.
Total IFOCE cash purse for 2010
Summing the cash purses for the 2010 competitions listed on the IFOCE contests page results in a total of $138,250. In Patrick Michels’ article for the Dallas Observer, George Shea claims the total prize value is $550,000.
A breakdown follows after the jump
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A twitter page for the New York City-based League of Amateur Competitive Eaters has been started at http://twitter.com/amateureaters The league is intended for people who have not previously competed in a professional eating contest. update The league also has a facebook page.
The Wall Street Journal reports that George & Rich Shea and Dave Baer have started a bedbug detection business.
Triple Pundit.com: Kate Westfall, former Director of Operations for the IFOCE, is now managing director for NewSeed Advisors, a venture capital firm focusing in sustainable agriculture. She received a master's degree in Food Culture and Communications in Italy between jobs.
The New York Times and Salon.com have articles about George & Richard Shea.
Salisbury Post reports that the Faith, NC Fourth of July Festival will not hold a an Apple Ugly eating contest in 2010.
Ryan Nerz retires from the IFOCE
Ryan Nerz has sent the following email:
I am writing you at EatFeats to announce my retirement from the competitive eating game. It’s been a fantastic half-decade or so (for the most part), with over a hundred speed-eating adventures in dozens of cities, and I consider many of MLE’s competitive eaters to be among my best friends.
I would say that I’ll miss y’all, but I know I will see you in the non-eating contest world (which, it turns out, is pretty vast). Until then, may The Schwartz be with all of you out on the circuit, and may The Gods of Gurgitation shine upon you at every meal and every contest.
Cheers,
Ryan Nerz
(P.S. – For those of you closely following Hard White’s rap career, don’t fret…my retirement will not affect future cameos on wax with Badlands Booker. That said, this ain’t no Jay-Z publicity stunt “retirementâ€â€¦I’m hanging up the boater hat for good.)
Good luck to Ryan in his future projects.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a tribute to former IFOCE MC Michael Castellano, who is now a restauranteur in Key West.
Youtube has an Indian news video about the WLOCE donut eating contest held in Bangalore in March. Will Millender has a blog entry about his trip to North Carolina to compete in a hot dog eating contest alleging that Dale Boone claimed the contest was sanctioned by the WLOCE, which the sponsor denied.
The "Enforced Initiative" has been removed from the AICE website.
FCC Wing Bowl fine upheld
Radio Ink reports that the FCC upheld the $4,000 fine it levied against 610 WIP in 2007 for not following its listed rules when Arnie Chapman was prevented from competing in the 2005 Wing Bowl.
update Radio-Online also has a post which claims that the Wing Bowl’s rival organization was “AISE”.
The AICE website (Aug 21 entry) reports that eaters in that organization will no longer be bound by a contract restricting them from competing in non-AICE contests.
The WLOCE myspace page has a picture of Joe LaRue under the heading of "WLOCE new members"
New poll on AICE rankings
The new poll asks how many of the AICE pre-contract top 50 will remain listed in the rankings.
Will Millender has announced he will not sign the AICE contract and has already been unlisted. (Ian Hickman has also been moved from the Hall of Fame back into the active rankings)
A letter about the new contract is available on the AICE website.
Similarities between the AICE & WLOCE contracts
Here is section 5 of the WLOCE contract according to Andrew “A-Bomb” Lane’s blog:
5. Entertainer is free to enter into this agreement and does not have any other agreement or obligation that would conflict with the provisions hereof. Entertainer understands that Entertainer is not an employee of WLOCE or any related party for any purpose and expressly waives any right to receive benefits accorded to the employees of WLOCE or any related party. This agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties, supersedes all prior understanding an agreements, whether written or oral and cannot be terminated, modified or any of it’s provisions waived except by a written instrument signed by both parties. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of applicable to contracts entered into and fully performed therein. Each of the parties irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any Georgia State or United States Federal Court sitting in Dekalb County, GA, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. WLOCE may freely assign this Agreement and it’s rights and obligations hereunder to any third party.
And here is the corresponding section in the new AICE contract according to Furious Pete (see also)
13. Performer is free to enter into this agreement and does not have any other agreement or obligation that would conflict with the provisions hereof. Performer understands that Performer is not an employee of ALL PRO EATING Promotions or any related party for any purpose and expressly waives any right to receive benefits accorded to the employees of ALL PRO EATING Promotions or any related party. This agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties, supersedes all prior understanding and agreements, whether written or oral and cannot be terminated, modified or any of it’s provisions waived except by a written instrument signed by both parties. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of applicable to contracts entered into and fully performed therein. Each of the parties irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal Court sitting in New York County in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. ALL PRO EATING Promotions may freely assign this Agreement and it’s rights and obligations hereunder to any third party
The it’s represent improper use of an apostrophe which should not be used in a possessive pronoun.
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