Jokes on you Nathan's, now I know Impossible makes hot dogs and want to get some. Their brats are pretty good, didn't know they made hot dogs.

“hot dog exclusivity provisions”

Well that’s not a phrase I ever expected to encounter.

This has backfired spectacularly. Streisand effect, engaged!

Very few things bring me joy these days. Joey Chestnut devouring dozens of hot dogs and buns every 4th of July was one of those disgusting and joyous occasions I could count on every year. Seeing that man throw caution to the wind and inhale that much sodium, fat, lips and assholes, and enriched wheat flour was horrifying and spectacular. Now, I won't even have that.

Major League Eating, hailing him as “an American hero,”

No. Just no.

If I had spent years earning my legal degree, and then found myself dealing with “hot dog exclusivity provisions” it would be time for me to take a painfully honest look at my career.

Major League Eating said that it had gone “to great lengths in recent months to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day,” but that they’d been unable to come to an agreement.

Lol this is hilarious because I still remember what Major League Eating did to Kobayashi in 2010, but with Joey they're bending over backwards to accommodate him and still lose. Serves them right and hopefully they'll lose a lot of money over their poor treatment of their talent.

That headline is deeply appreciated.

Sounds like it’s not so much the vegan thing as him just endorsing a Nathan’s rival.

Are Impossible hotdogs as good as the burgers? I eat meat but like alternatives also.

Just about the same thing happened to the previous champion, Takeru Kobayashi. They should have an impossible-off.

I saw this as a ticker news update at the bar and was super confused.

No sign-in/paywall: https://archive.is/VHSWM

Great, now my 4th of July is now ruined.

Dude gets himself kicked out of the Coca Cola drinking contest because he does endorsements for Pepsi.

For more color, check out Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus and her guest Behind the Bastards episode about Major League Eating.

What a headline!

I wonder what Beard Meats Food will make of this.