Jason Fagone catches up with El Wingador
PhillyMag’s blog has an entry by Jason Fagone recapping what has happened to Bill “El Wingador” Simmons in the three years since Fagone wrote about his victory in Wing Bowl 13. Simmons will not be receiving an appearance fee as he attempts to claim his sixth crown:
Bill says that Marc Rayfield, WIP’s station manager, told him that it’s against FCC rules to pay Bill for his trouble. (In case you need a quick taxonomy of the powers that be at WIP: Marc Rayfield is the stone businessman with his eye on the numbers. Angelo Cataldi is the cynical, exploitative, mediocre talker. Al Morganti is the cynical, exploitative, funny talker.)
This FCC excuse is a fairly hilarious one, since WIP has already been caught red-handed and fined for not running a fair contest. (link in original article)
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Rhonda Evans said
January 10, 2008 @ 3:16 pm
Bill is up to 333? Wow. If WB was/is legitimate, Joey and Pat both will eclipse his total by at least 3 dozen wings, and both Gentleman Jerry and U.S. Male will finish ahead of him. In other words, the man will be lucky to finish higher than 4th. But because it is Wing bowl, Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti are not locks to finish 1-2.
Gentleman Joe said
January 10, 2008 @ 4:23 pm
I wonder what the fine will be when I file w/the FCC?