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Okay, let's go! Now in the street there is violence And then a lot of stuff is worth to be done No place to hang out or washing And then I can't stay all on the sun Oh no, we're gonna rock it down too E-L-E-L-S-R-E-K-I-R-N-U And then we'll take it higher Oh we gonna rock it down too E-L-E-S-R-S-R-E-. It's pardon my take. There's enough of our sports. Yeah. Yeah. Welcome. So hot like a soldier. Welcome to part of my take presented by Draft Kings. Download the Draft Kings Sportsbook app. Now use code take. That's code take for new customers to get 150 in bonus bets. When you bet just five bucks only on draft kings. The crown is yours today is Wednesday, June 12th and PFT. This is why we should never take vacations. I'm taking a three day vacation with my family. We taped the show earlier today. And then I would say the biggest news. It's ever happened in the history of this podcast taking place happened and Joey Chestnut Has been banned from the Nathan's hot dog eating competition on July 4th in America is at its knees It's the end of it. It feels like the late stages of an empire this this is the sign when people say that on the news I was like, ah ah, now we're fine. America's still fine. Today was the first day where I was like, we might be in some trouble. We used to be a country, a proper country. Where men could gather around on the 4th of July and eat 70 hot dogs and have the whole world rejoice. It was a positive force for America. I love the 4th of July. I love the hot dog eating contest. I haven't missed it.

Going back to the Kobayashi years

when it became an event.

And now major league eating,

I don't know which side to take here.

Am I taking Joey's side?

I want to take Joey's side

because I like Joey Chestnut

and he is a goddamn American hero.

But major league eating is saying

that he was doing a sponsorship deal with impossible meats, which that's a little weird to begin with for Joey to be doing that sponsorship, but they're paying him. I'm not going to judge him for taking the bag. And there was a sponsorship that conflicted with the Nathan's hot dog getting. Some people were saying he was going to try to eat vegan hot dogs. I know Joey just not pretty well. That's crazy. And I'm pretty I'm sure that Joey would not want any sort of competitive imbalance that would go along with eating a vegan hot dog So I saw that rumor going around if Joey Chestnut tried to eat the vegan hot dogs on the fourth of July I would 100% be on the side of major league eating don't ever let him eat another hot dog again in his life I don't think that ever was on the table I also I don about impossible meats, are they, are there bugs in the hot dogs?

Is I will not eat the bugs?

So I wanna make sure that I have all my facts right

before I take a stand here. I will not eat the bugs. I, I don't know if there's bugs, I don't think that there's bugs in them. I, okay. My knowledge, it's just, it's fake meat. like soy. I will not eat the bugs. Here's the thing. One, Joey Chess not being there

is means that like fourth of July is basically canceled. Now, people who are arguing he should never do an impossible meat's brand sponsorship. I understand, I felt a little betrayed as well. But at the end of the day, Joey Chestnut is like at the top of the list of guys that I root for to be really rich Because he's a legend. He's an American hero He's one of the greatest athletes I've ever seen in my entire life I think I think my lucky stars that I was put on this earth at the same time as Joey Chestnut Joey Chestnut is not rich as far as I can tell because the dude is still like Going to connect to the New York in the middle of May to down a hundred oysters for five grand. Like I'm pretty sure that he just needs the sponsorships he gets. So I'm hoping it's like a live situation where Joey Chestnut is just getting the bag from impossible needs and I tip my cap to him because I'll never, ever pocket watch or judge someone who's going to get their money. I'm just really sad overall. Like overall the whole situation has saddened me and shook me way more than I thought it would. I was thinking about this from the moment it was announced because then I got on my flight until we were able to talk about it here. It's been just rattling my whole, like my wife was like, what's wrong?

I was just like, I don't wanna talk about it right now. Joey Chess not gonna compete in the fourth July. I was that upset. Yeah, I'm fine with Joey getting paid, get paid by any means this year. I can't imagine that the career span of a competitive eater goes into your like 50s and 60s. I feel like it's a young man's game.

So get the bag when you can.

He's also the best to ever do something that everybody that is ever lived does. Yes. We've all eaten every person here. Everybody eats. Joey Chestnut is the best person, the best eater of all time in the history of the world. He needs to be rich for that fact. So get the bag. I don't know if it's a live situation. There are some similarities there like Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and PETA, handshake, donate pork. I get that, but I don't think that there is a, I don't think that there's like a competitive league that's forming that's trying to draw players away. I think if anything, and our friend TJ pointed this out, TJ Hitchens, he might be putting us all over. This might be a work. That's why I want to talk to Joey about it, because impossible meets does some sort of co-branding with Nathan's. So there's already business relationship there. I don't know if this is him turning heel, and then he's going to come back like cold. I don't know what it's going to happen. But I do know that my fourth of July is going to be significantly worse. And I know people want to take Hank, I'll get you a sec. I know people want to take stands and I understand that. And I get it because my initial reaction was like, how could they ban him? And then when I realize as it was impossible burgers and there could potentially be bugs at stake here, that's not American like eating bug burgers or eating bug dogs on on Forza July is not American, which I'm upset that Joey took that type of money. But at the end of the day, I think this whole story just bummed me out more than anything. It's like one of those ones where I'm just sad about everything. Why can can't we get to the table and figure out why can't America and Joey Chestnut shake hands on July 4th? Like this is putting the world to pick a side between Joey Chestnut and the country we love. It's impossible. No pun intended. Well, because Joey is a very unique creation of the country that we love. Joey Chethnott would not exist in any other country. But because of the good old USA and the stars and stripes, we have the best person to ever eat food that lives within our borders. And we all have to watch them and root for them on TV. And it is, it's actually sad because this is an example of human greatness that we're all going to miss out on the 4th of July because of some sort of business dispute.

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