John Daly was arrested after being found “extremely intoxicated and uncooperative” outside of a Winston-Salem, North Carolina area Hooters. This is a sad incident for one of America’s greatest and most longstanding partnerships, fat guys looking for distraction, and the business that caters to these needs.

Daly and Hooters go way back as he started his career on the TC Jordan/Hooters Professional Golf Tour. Clearly this incident was just Daly trying to make good on his 2005 effort to “formalize my relationship with the Hooters folks. We have been working together at the local store level for a number of years and it is really a perfect fit for me.” In this case perfect fit must refer to the chain’s plus sized seating section and extra large beer portions. Daly should have known that recognizing waitresses by their cup sizes does not count as working together at the local store level.

Even before they made their partnership official in 2005 Daly realized “the fans and media already view me as a spokesperson for Hooters because of the appearances I’ve made with the merchandise trailer through the years. Now I get to speak for all the restaurants and the million-plus guests a week that go through their doors.” However, it is safe to assume Hooter’s wasn’t expecting that speech to be a slurred assault on the Hooter’s waitresses and the local police department. The media clearly recognized Daly’s status as the epitome of fat slobbery, and made the connection back to Hooters, not a stretch by any means.

What this means for the rest of us is that it is time to bring your John Daly “Hooters Grip It & Rip It” t-shirt out of the closet and visit your local Hooters. Ask for the John Daly special, it’s a gallon of beer, a pound of wings, and a seat in the dumpster out back, arrest is optional.