Gluttony? What are you talking about?

The annual corn eating contest at Iowa suffered a blow last year when it was cancelled because it promoted excessive gluttony, according to university officials. I wonder where they got that idea? 

But now the contest, as part of Beat State Week, is back on because of a rules change. Contestants are now competing to see who can eat ONE ear of corn the fastest. That's rather um, lame. One ear of corns? So the contest is going to last eight whole seconds once Barrels McGee sits down? (pictured above). Yeah, the old contest promoted gluttony sure, but this is America, Iowa corn eating challeneges are as tradtional as our Texas oil dumping contests or our Alaskan polar bear skinning competitions. You sure you want to challenge the 'Merican way of life Iowa officials?