It is only fitting that on Independence Day an American would make his country proud by battling a foreign opponent to the end. In fact this battle couldn’t even be decided in regulation time, it took a last minute tie breaker to decide the winner at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Sorry if you were expecting to read something about an actual sport, you can stop reading now, this is about competitive eating.

Joey Chestnut was able to repeat as hot dog eating champ in Coney Island after he and Takeru Kobayashi both crammed down 59 hot dogs in the 10 minute regulation period and in the last-minute 5 hot dog overtime Chestnut was able to power his 5 dogs down the quickest giving him the right to wear the "Coveted Mustard Yellow International Belt." Each man consumed 64 hot dogs, which is absolutely disgusting, and took one step closer to the heart attacks they are sure to have at a younger than normal age.

I’m sorry if you’re in to professionally eating and you get a kick out of it for some reason, but this is the dumbest thing on television. I understand that the contest is historic and all but the only time it should see on TV is a brief mention on the 6 o’clock news. I really hope these individuals and fans of competitive eating don’t consider these people athletes or this activity a sport because that is a shame. Eating is something you do while you’re drinking watching a real sport like football or baseball and for some people to consider eating a sport is a kick in the teeth to real sports and real athletes.