Competitive Eating Will Grow In Popularity
It’s important to note that we are at the dawn of a new thing. Right now this is still extremely small. A few years ago this was nothing more than a side show at the carnival. Where will it be in a few years now? We can only guess.
The first competition on television was in 2002 on Fox. As well, the Discovery Channel did a documentary on some of the competitors and their eating. This was the first glimpse that people really saw of this.
Over the last few years there has been much more media attention. Both with Spike and ESPN – big networks with big audiences. From this point competitive eating will be reaching more and more households.
Another area for this competition to grow is in other countries. Right now the United States and Japan are the only countries that seem to be giving this attention, but this will soon change. Europe will eventually open up and this sport will grow to a monster size by then.
If you’re thinking about getting into this – now is the time. Growth will only make it harder for people to make their name in this sport. The good news is that growth will bring bigger prices and more money to the competitors.