Watch Scott Van Pelt Discuss the Very Important “Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?” Debate on ‘SportsCenter’

A HOT DOG IS NOT A SANDWICH.

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What is the meaning of life?
Is there life after death?
Does God exist?

There are some questions that are, unfortunately, impossible to answer definitively.

“Is a hot dog a sandwich?” is not one of them, because…OF COURSE IT’S NOT A SANDWICH! IT’S A HOT DOG!

Despite this, people on the Internet continue to debate the question (don’t Google “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” unless you want to spend the next two hours down that rabbit hole), and the debate has picked up additional steam due in large part to the sports world. Just this week, the Billsdebated the question in their locker room and presented arguments both for and against a hot dog being considered a sandwich:

And even Matt Ryan—who should seemingly have more important things to think about right now, like not losing to teams like the Buccaneers at home—chimed in on it:

So last night, Scott Van Pelt decided to devote his entire “One Big Thing” segment on SportsCenter to the “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” debate. Like us, he doesn’t think there’s much of a debate to be had. But you should watch him discuss it anyway:

Where do you stand?

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