No, Homer himself. Perhaps just a personified amalgamation of centuries Greek bards rather than a real person. The Homeric question has always been an interesting one.
People have no media literacy whatsoever and just automatically jump to the most reactionary conclusion possible. Musk also seems convinced that Homer was a real person. He's just a fucking moron.
Cincy almost certainly would have disclosed this already if this was the case. All of the available evidence says Tech learned about this a couple of weeks before he checked into rehab. I mean, maybe Cincy shouldn't be blamed but considering he hasn't played a down for us, I'm not sure how we are.
I will be honest and say I don't think what he did is actually as bad as some are making it out to be, however I also agree that rules are rules and they need to be enforced. I will stay in the "he shouldn't play" camp but I won't freak out if he does. My personal preference would be to allow the nobody veteran QB backup guy they pulled in to play the first couple of games and then let Will Hammond loose, since it seems his rehab is ahead of schedule and going well.
I agree that rules should matter, that's why I don't think he should play, I'm just saying that I think our governance in many aspects already relies on the short-sighted sentiment of imbeciles, as you so eloquently put it, so it wouldn't surprise me if it goes another way.
A few things here before you burst more blood vessels than you already are: 1) I don't think he should play but I also understand why they would go down this path. From a purely business standpoint, this probably makes sense. I don't think it has anything to do with ego at all. 2) I said before that I thought the juice wasn't worth the squeeze either way, especially just for one season. 3) The brutal reality of the world we currently live in is: Sports Twitter and sports message boards aren't real life and for every reasonable cfb fan out there like you and I who think he shouldn't play, there's 10 who will ask "Did he bet on any games that he played in? No? Ok, I don't give a shit", 10 more that don't care at all, and probably a smaller handful [of idiots] that think placing a bet on your own team should be legal as long as you're not demonstrably point shaving or whatever other rationalization they'll come up with. 4) Don't feed me that line of bullshit about abandoning your fandom if something similar was happening at ASU. Spare me the sanctimony. I won't be happy about it but I'm still going to root for them to win. 5) I think this is all moot because I don't see a way he plays anyway. Even the deepest embedded Tech insiders don't have much optimism for that.
The problem with this thinking is there is nothing for Tech to lose going this route. He hasn't played a down for us and still might. If we were Cincinnati and facing real questions about how much we knew when playing him in 2025 then that's a different story. Literally any school in our position with our resources would do the same thing. I think your second sentence there is a bit hysterical to say the least.
I was mostly joking but the fact of the matter is most Americans are woefully ignorant about Cuba so I fully expect a lot of really bad posts should some kind of conflict start.