There's no question that the best competitive eaters use training, strategy, years of hard work, including I would imagine hard work in the weight room to prepare for matches.

I'm not in a position to determine whether it's a sport or not.

If it's just the local boozehounds at Buffalo Wild Wings casually throwing up a hand saying they can eat more wings than their chubby buddy, that's a competition. If you're dedicating your life to that act?

I don't know. I'm just not in the position to deny that label, in any way.