Nathan’s 2009 qualifier registration opens at noon eastern
Registration for the 2009 Nathan’s qualifiers is supposed to open in an hour on NathansFamous.com. The website does announce that registration will open today, but that appears to be the only noticeable update at this time; the 2008 qualifier schedule is still listed.
udpate The registration page now lists the cities and sites (but not the dates) of the 2009 qualifiers. Registrants can only select two qualifier sites, one of which can be a contest on Coney Island:
update #2 Three qualifiers can now be selected on the registration form and the Coney Island choice has been removed (from “I” comment)
May 2 IP Casino, Biloxi, MS
May 7 New York, New York Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
May 9 National Amusements Patriot Place – Boston, MA
May 16 Nathan’s Famous, E. Hartford, CT
May 17 Dorney Park, Allentown, PA
May 23 Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ
May 30 Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe, AZ
May 30 Sam’s Club, Tampa, FL
June 6 MacArthur Center, Norfolk, VA
June 6 Sam’s Club, Kansas City, MO
June 6 Cub Foods, Minneapolis, MN
June 13 Concord Mills Mall, Charlotte, NC
June 13 Sam’s Club, Denver, CO
June 20 NY Mets Stadium, Queens, NY
June 27 Bruster’s, Newnan GA
June 27 Cinemark Theater, San Francisco, CA
? Coney Island, NY
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RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 6, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
Their server wouldn’t be having these problems if they’d just post the form.
Pat from Moonachie said
April 6, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
Apparently, you can only register for 2 qualifiers
anonymous said
April 6, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
aint that a bitch . I tried for 3 and it wont give you the option for a third. I added a comment with my 3rd choice . What do you expect from nathans famous
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 6, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
How long do they usually take to tell you if you got in?
anonymous said
April 6, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
Pat from moonachie your beat up van can only transport you to atlantic city and city field. Without molly pitcher your chances of getting in are slim
I said
April 6, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
now there are three qualifier options on the form… nice ifoce….
Pat from Moonachie said
April 6, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
anonymous, I have a much better crappy van now, so I can go where ever I like! 😉
anonymous said
April 7, 2009 @ 1:50 am
“I” until you identify your sorry ass identity which is long overdue wouldnt you say so? , Then STFU and keep your anti ifoce comments to yourself.
Rhonda Evans said
April 7, 2009 @ 9:35 am
I think it would be appropriate to give BB an honorary spot at the table for once, with all he has given to competitive eating over the last decade. He has done more than his part to put the “CE” in “IFOCE,” and he has asked for very little.
It’s just the right thing to do.
I said
April 7, 2009 @ 9:46 am
no handouts rhonda every eater should earn the spot at the table which is done by winning a qualifier in case you dont know that
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 7, 2009 @ 10:04 am
I know that you’re an asshole!
I said
April 7, 2009 @ 10:28 am
youre right about that but still wrong on the handout thing
beautifulbrian said
April 7, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Thanks but it will never happen, besides i always felt i should earn my way to the table. No freebies. As far as getting anything in return, i never expected anything from anyone. Aside from beeing somewhat peeved about declining CD sales and lack of PPV support for my internet show, my goal from the beginning was to entertain the competitive world during lull times with the website and the tv show. I never intended for any of this to have a dollar sign attached to it. As you can see i never sold a teashirt or a mug and when the opportunity arises i usually toss out free cd’s to the crowd. There were a few tv spots where i could have been useful but my name was passed over. I could understand the logic involved. I am a oldtime eater that never lived up to the hype. You cant question the motives of the IFOCE and the Shea’s when it comes to who is right and who is wrong for the media. I dont agree with some of their decisions but they run the show and if they feel thats what makes good business sense then thats that.
Anonymous said
April 7, 2009 @ 11:30 am
There couldn’t be a worse idea than giving away a spot in that fashion.
Dear Sonya and Hank said
April 7, 2009 @ 12:40 pm
So what is that big news you were talking about? And why is Sonya’s website down still?
Dr. Nathan said
April 7, 2009 @ 12:47 pm
The Coney Island spot filled up. That’s why it was removed. Congratulations to those who responded early! We’ll see you on the Fourth.
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 7, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
How are eaters notified they are registered?
anonymous said
April 7, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
RJ what planet do you live on or are you just fucking with us? Nathans has lost its luster. $100 replacing the $300 worth of delicious natural case hot dogs is one step backward. Next step will be the elimination of unncessasary qualifiers. It will come down to kobe chestnut and maybe bertoletti while everyone else ends up eating hot dogs for wloce
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 7, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
Well – I live on planet Earth, and have no intention of beating Kobe, Chestnut or Bertoletti. I could give a shit about the prizes and in all honest could care less which league sponsors the event. I like to eat competitively, have dramatically improved my own performance and would like to at a minimum, participate in the qualifier. I would be ecstatic to actually qualify and make it to Coney on July 4th, where I could care less if I placed 20th. I enjoy the activity, and don’t share the same disdain for the IFOCE as many of you here do. All I am asking is how long it usually takes to find out if you have been chosen to participate in the qualifier. How that is fucking with anyone, is beyond my understanding. I am positive there are eaters on this board who have eaten in multiple qualifiers before for Nathan’s and could answer the question, so I don;t feel that it is so incredible a question, that it warrants your response.
anonymous said
April 7, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
You get an email notification which will tell you if you are entered or a standby. They will notify you well in advance of the contest. Maybe
KevinRoss said
April 7, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
RJ, don’t let the negative people who post here get you down on competitive eating. They have lost sight of that this is supposed to be fun! As far as how long it takes to hear back after registering for something, that is pretty unpredictable. Sometimes they confirm something so close to the event that it makes travel plans pretty difficult. But sometimes they confirm quickly, well in advance. It just varies and I haven’t really found much of a pattern 🙂
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 7, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
Thanks Kevin. And I couldn’t agree more on the negatives. Really no place for them in this type of activity. Thanks.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 7, 2009 @ 3:11 pm
BB I think you HAVE earned a spot at the final table. CE performance should not just be about how many HDBs you eat in 10 minutes. I think you’ve done enough in 10 years to merit a special guest appearance. And I guarantee you’d eat more dogs than William Perry and you deserve it more.
I said
April 7, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
rhonda why do you insist on beating the dead horse?!? you only deserve a spot at any final table if you earn that spot. and those are earned by qualifying. he knows it. even you know it. he can be honored before or whatever with an award or something but he doesnt deserve a spot. and i bet the sheas realize their mistake with perry and will never do something like that again. nathans and now krystals are moneymakers and not simply games anymore.
San Fran Treat said
April 7, 2009 @ 3:32 pm
Kevin Ross, you planning to win the SF qualifier with a low number once again?
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 7, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
Modern tradition was broken last year when the contest length was changed from 12 to 10 minutes (ephemera my ass); now there’s a chance to make a once-in-a-decade exception to honor a deserving soul for the right reasons.
I said
April 7, 2009 @ 4:15 pm
rhonda 1. brian would agree that yeah do this kind of thing for koby or joey or someone who distinguishes themselves at the table. 2. sheas and right reasons do not seem to go together.
Charity said
April 7, 2009 @ 4:36 pm
Rhonda, no. We can name many eaters who have “earned” a free spot at the table. BUT, no sport gives out playoff spots – BAD, BAD Idea…as controversial as Brian is, he doesn’t want a spot this way, I’m sure. Please put down the hash pipe
nic fry said
April 8, 2009 @ 7:41 am
they allready do it for koby…
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 8, 2009 @ 8:19 am
To any and all: Name me one eater who has been relentlessly contributing to CE for the past 10-12 years, who has NOT been to Coney other than Beautiful Brian. You can’t, because that person doesn’t exist.
Cookie, Badlands, Godfather, Moses, and Krazy Kev have all been pioneers in CE, and they’ve all been to the big table. Yet, no one, and I repeat … no one … has given as more of his time, energy, and heart to competitive eating as Beautiful Brian Seiken!
Again, if anyone thinks the man hasn’t earned the right to appear on Coney as a one-time guest it’s because the person thinking that is either jealous, a moron, a self-centered jackass or all three. Give me a flippin’ break!
It’s the right, honorable thing to do.
Anonymous said
April 8, 2009 @ 8:29 am
They all earned it by eating well enough to get there.
If Brian were a Make-a-Wish kid, then maybe he’d deserve a pity spot.
Mega Munch said
April 8, 2009 @ 8:43 am
I agree with Rhonda. MLEIFOCE should reserve one spot at the table for a competitor chosen by the Sheas. Maybe its a legend or a rising star who missed the wild card by a few HDBs. Or maybe its to honor someone like BB who, like Rhonda says, earns a spot at the table (yes, earns it), by giving so much of himself to the sport. Or maybe, two weeks before the event, they can let the eaters choose who gets to fill that last spot at the table! (Wait, giving the eaters a say in things? That’s just crazy talk.)
Anonymous said
April 8, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Didn’t the IFOCE just give him $25?
Stick with playoff metaphor offered by Charity: you don’t give away playoff spots; they’re earned.
beautifulbrian said
April 8, 2009 @ 9:35 am
Wow thanks. Mom and dad never even praised me that way. For 60 seconds i felt like Elvis. . All kidding aside it would be an honor but i have to earn my way in like everyone else or it just wouldnt be the same. The names that you just mentioned are the real pioneers of the sport. It would give me greater pleasure knowing that i was responsible for enhancing their character & persona through my website . I never got a chance to say this about Cookie, Badlands, Moses and Kevin but in all the years i competed with them, not once did any of them try to make as ass of themself at the table . Not once did they engage in stupid trash talk or slamming the table unlike a few others. That to me is great sportsmanship . Thanks again for the kind words
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 8, 2009 @ 9:38 am
Thanks for sticking up for a worthwhile cause Mega. (You don’t see much of that on this board.) As usual, you think things through and your words make sense.
Many of the ones who agree with me are either too timid to post how they feel or they don’t want to rub the Sheas the wrong way because for fear that they might lose the extra benefits they’re adorned with. I can’t say I blame them, but too often the price of allegience compromises principle. Life does get confusing sometimes.
Don lerman said
April 8, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
Brian.they gave Refridgerater Perry a bye and Ed Krachie a bye in 2000 so if they want to they can ,all I say is that you been around for years and at lest they can do is honor you at coney if you don’t make there with a qualifier
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 8, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
Brian your post proves the point I’m trying to make.
I have some choice words for those who choose not to see that, but I won’t use them here, since a few people whom I do respect (as well as young fans) might read them. And I don’t want to descend to a level at which they didn’t anticipate me to be.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 8, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
Thank you Moses! It’s good to have a legend add some validity to the idea.
I said
April 8, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
yes, the legend who was honored at a coney island ceremony that was not at the final table..
beautifulbrian said
April 8, 2009 @ 2:37 pm
Don’t knock yourself with the choice words. The negative remarks originate from the morons that i insulted over the years on my website only because they deserved it.This is their way of getting even. I make believe they dont exist Unfortunatly they wil remain anonymous until they either drop dead or mommy takes away their internet priviledges . . Krachie got in in 2000 because Devito gave up his spot for him. Krachie was special like Mickey Mantle so they made a special provision for him. Don attempted to give up his 2002 spot for me which i considered an act of true friendship, but it was nixed by IFOCE.
Gentleman Joe said
April 8, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
Ed Krachie was someone who had previously won at Coney.
The Fridge was paid to be there.
While he did a piti ful job at the table, it was more than worth it publicity wise.
They also claimed he qualified, but no one believes that.
I’m not saying BB doesn’t deserve it, BUT he doesn’t seem to want it, & why compEAT to eat 10-13 dogs & come in dead last??
? said
April 8, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
Validity from Lerman? Now that’s a stretch.
Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
April 8, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
Given where Moses has been his opinion counts more than most in my book. Few have walked to a neighborhood buffet in his shoes.
Anonymous said
April 8, 2009 @ 4:02 pm
Brian does deserve a place ,why you ask? He is one of very few natural uninhanced eaters left.If you have to water train to eat to get the quantity where does it end.
Charity said
April 8, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
Just marry BB, and get this love fest over with
Tonto said
April 8, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
Why does the date for the finals have a question mark? Wouldn’t it be July 4th?
ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)
April 8, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
The Coney Island contest could have been a July 3 last minute qualifier, which was held in 2007
Furious Pete said (Registered July 21, 2008)
April 8, 2009 @ 6:58 pm
Hope to see some qualifiers 🙂
I know said
April 8, 2009 @ 8:10 pm
i guess they are saving that coney qualifier in case one of the darlings of the ifoce is unable to get in after they fail on the first two tries
anonymous said
April 8, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Real show of support for BB getting a free pass to Coney. A retired eater, a horrible eater and ficticious character using a female identity . With a show of hands can we get anyone else to step up to the podium in support of Brian . How about Stinky Mierniki?
Badlands Booker said (Registered October 9, 2008)
April 9, 2009 @ 6:57 am
i wouldn’t mind seeing BB get a Bye myself
? said
April 9, 2009 @ 9:55 am
I wouldn’t mind BB going Bye-Bye.
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 9, 2009 @ 1:23 pm
Anonymous posts are so douchey. No name — no email — No balls
Don lerman said
April 9, 2009 @ 1:32 pm
to rj 123 the posts are douchey , maybe they should have posted it on a summers eve rather than a spring afetrnoon
? said
April 9, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
RJ isn’t a name, douchey.
The only one who knows the email you registered under is the anonymous OJ Rifkin. And even then you could’ve set that email address up for 10 minutes just to register.
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 9, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
rjfrasca@gmail.com – email me any time pookie.
RJ said (Registered August 28, 2008)
April 9, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
and HA! Don you made me laugh.
US MALE said
April 9, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
I second Badlands vote, give Brian Seiken a bye into Coney!
Anonymous said
April 9, 2009 @ 7:32 pm
It dont matter if you think bb is a bad eater,do you remember an eater building a pyramid of hotdog during the contest in coney and only eating one dog because he knew he couldnt beat joey or koby or pat…and you think you can put brian down for being a bad eater…at least he tries..
? said
April 9, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
That guy (pyramid builder) earned his spot.
anonymous said
April 9, 2009 @ 9:00 pm
BB is not a bad eater . His skills like any other mediocre or mid ranked eater were crucified when the new kids came along and broke every eating record known to mankind . Booker Jarvis Hardy & Lerman were very good eaters but when Sonya , Chestnut Bertolletti and the gang came along , it even made them look bad. If they made them look bad imagine how it made Seiken look . . Think about that one !
beautifulbrian said
April 9, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
Thanks again guys for all the support but i know the Shea’s and they dont do business that way and i cant blame them . . I never got a superbowl ring which is why it’s not fair to compare me to Refrig Perry. He was used as a publicity stunt because he was well known and might have brought in a few fans. He ate 4 hot dogs and one or two slices of trip rewards cake in grand central station because he got his appearance fee and he could care less. I’ll never be a world wide icon but being recognize in the competiive eating world by all of you is almost the same and an honor as far as i’m concerned. All i know is that i kicked ass today!
anonymous said
April 9, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
I said, did you earn your spot anywhere? It appears that the only spot you earned is right here
Anonymous said
April 10, 2009 @ 5:10 pm
The pyramid builder earned his spot but imbarassed the whole federation.Brian would at least try.You dont take a spot from someone and then not try
RJ said
April 10, 2009 @ 6:59 pm
What does pyramid building have to do with hot dogs?
Anonymous said
April 11, 2009 @ 1:21 am
In case you dont know the story ,a certain eater knowing he has no chance to beat Koby, Pat and Joey deceided to build a hotdog and bun pyramid rather than to eat them thus taking a place away from someome who would have tried and possily made some money .If he or she did not want to eat there place should have been given up…So why not Brian
Anonymous said
April 11, 2009 @ 10:40 am
I don’t think Brian was in line for Jed’s spot. There were others who ate more than Brian in their efforts to qualify that year.