{"id":2265505,"date":"2024-06-11T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T01:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-time-champion-joey-chestnut-banned-from-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-report\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T01:22:45","slug":"16-time-champion-joey-chestnut-banned-from-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-time-champion-joey-chestnut-banned-from-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Chestnut, 16-time winner, barred from Nathan&#8217;s Hot Dog Eating Contest, according to reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F16-time-champion-joey-chestnut-banned-from-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2265505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Joey Chestnut, a renowned hot dog-eating champion, will\u200b not compete in \u200bthe upcoming \u2062Nathan&#8217;s Famous July Fourth Hot Dog\u200d Eating Contest.\u2064 He has chosen to represent Impossible \u200cFoods, a company manufacturing plant-based &#8220;meat&#8221; products, \u200cwhich resulted in a conflict\u2064 as Nathan\u2019s contest rules prevent competitors from endorsing \u2062other brands. George Shea, the event promoter, expressed\u200d deep disappointment \u200dlikening it to &#8220;a gut punch,&#8221; and emphasized how Chestnut\u2019s absence would \u200cbe felt, likening him to an essential fixture similar\u200d to Nike&#8217;s relationship with Michael \u200cJordan.<\/p>\n<p>Despite offers purportedly totaling $1.2 million over four\u200c years from \u2064Nathan\u2019s and other accommodations including competing \u2064in a rival event, Chestnut prioritized his\u200c new\u200b partnership. Major League Eating have commented their hope that Chestnut could \u2064still\u2063 participate if he \u2064ceases representing the plant-based \u2062brand. The event\u200b will continue, opening \u200bopportunities for new champions, yet the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remembering-george-washingtons-letter-to-the-hebrew-congregation-of-newport-as-jews-find-themselves-surrounded-by-those-who-want-to-make-them-afraid\/\" title=\"Remembering George Washington\u2019s Letter To The Hebrew Congregation Of Newport As Jews Find Themselves Surrounded By Those Who Want To Make Them Afraid\">sentiment expressed<\/a> by organizers\u2062 and fans alike underscores\u200c Chestnut\u2019s pivotal \u200brole in\u200c this iconic contest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 11, 2024 at 4:20pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Hot dog-eating legend Joey Chestnut will not be competing in this year\u2019s July Fourth Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Competition, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Chestnut has made a deal to represent Impossible Foods, which sells plant-based \u201cmeat\u201d products, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/11\/business\/joey-chestnut-banned-from-2024-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan\u2019s requires competitors in its contest not to represent another brand, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/joey-chestnut-competing-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest\/story?id=111030108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>George Shea, who promotes the event, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/11\/nyregion\/nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-joey-chestnut.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> that he was \u201cdevastated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be like back in the day Michael Jordan coming to Nike, who made his Air Jordans, and saying, \u2018I am just going to rep Adidas, too,\u2019\u201d Shea said. \u201cIt just can\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shea said having the contest without Chestnut was \u201clike a gut punch. To me this is a tradition; it is about New York; it is about the Fourth of July. But maybe that\u2019s just me and not what this is like for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holding the event without Chestnut would be \u201ca sad day,\u201d he said, adding that introducing Chestnut at the contest was \u201cone of the singular joys of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shea said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/price-hot-dog-combo-mlb-stadium-soars-outrageous-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fans<\/a> will be upset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fans are going to feel this way, and I feel this way: Where is Joey? What is he doing?\u201d Mr. Shea said. \u201cWe want him there. If he can figure this out and not rep another hot dog brand, then it\u2019s all good. He could come back tomorrow; you just can\u2019t come representing a rival brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever watched the Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Competition?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But he said the show will go on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contest is the institution \u2014 not me, not Joey, not anybody,\u201d he said. \u201cHim not being there opens up the entire contest for new champions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post report said Chestnut, who has won the Nathan\u2019s contest 16 times and every year since 2016, was paid $200,000 last year to appear at the Fourth of July event and had been offered $1.2 million over four years to continue to appear.<\/p>\n<p>The Post said there is still a chance of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/peter-king-blasted-by-joey-chestnut-after-narrow-minded-attack-on-hot-dog-eating-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two sides could still come to a resolution before July 4, but it depends on Joey,\u201d said a source the Post did not name.<\/p>\n<p>Major League Eating said in a statement that it was \u201cdevastated to learn that Joey Chestnut has chosen to represent a rival brand that sells plant-based hot dogs rather than competing in the 2024 Nathan\u2019s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMLE and Nathan\u2019s went 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/food-fight-joey-chestnut-disqualified-from-nathans-hot-dog-contest-for-representing-vegan-rival\/\" title=\"Joey Chestnut disqualified from Nathan's hot dog contest due to ties with vegan competitor\">unbranded hot dog eating contest<\/a> on Labor Day,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement complained that \u201cJoey and his managers have prioritized a new partnership with a different brand over our long-time relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Major League Eating said bygones can be bygones if Chestnut, who holds the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joey-chestnut-breaks-record-chows-76-hot-dogs-claim-annual-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> contest record<\/a> by eating 76 hot dogs in 2021, will change his ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoey Chestnut is an American hero. We would love nothing more than to have him at the Nathan\u2019s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.\u00a0 We hope he returns when he is not representing a rival brand,\u201d its statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joey-chestnut-puts-animal-rights-protester-headlock-winning-hot-dog-eating-contest-20-hot-dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chestnut<\/a> did not respond to questions about the content, nor did Impossible Foods.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Chestnut, famed for his hot dog-eating prowess, will skip this year&#8217;s July Fourth Nathan&#8217;s Hot Dog Eating Contest. 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