ESPN radio hosts mention reversal censorship
The excising of Kobayashi’s reversal from Nathan’s reruns noticed by MegaMunch was also commented on by the hosts of ESPN radio’s morning show according to Michael David Smith on AOL FanHouse
“There was an edict last night to stop showing the regurgitation,” said Gottlieb, filling in for Mike Greenberg on Mike and Mike in the Morning.
Co-host Mike Golic asked, “We can’t show that?” and Gottlieb replied, “We can’t show the puke.”
Golic said, “I’ve got an issue with that.” So do I. Vomiting is a part of competitive eating just as concussions are a part of football, and ESPN shouldn’t sugarcoat the truth.
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Mega Munch said
July 5, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
Good call by Mike Golic. I agree with him on most things, this included. I raised a very similar point about the reversal being just a part of the sports landscape in my write-up of the contest.
By the way, I just read in USA Today that Kobayashi actually ate 65 HDBs but had two deducted because he “couldn’t keep two of them down.”
carey poehlmann said
July 5, 2007 @ 12:53 pm
maybe they should implement a “hot dog cam” next time where we see how many hotdogs are sitting on the plate and can watch as they are taken and being eaten. Stick it at the bottom left hand corner of the screen.