It just struck me: Hootie and Pete Rose are the same guy
 

Think about it. Nobody loves baseball more than Pete Rose. Nobody loves Chiefsplanet more than Hootie. And yet they are both banned for life from the things they love.

They were both banned because their compulsive gambling obsessions caused them to piss off the people with the power to ban them. Rose pissed off several MLB commissioners by lying his ass off about gambling on baseball games and by being an obnoxious douchebag about the whole thing. Hootie pissed off the last CP moderator who had previously been in his corner by being a total douchebag in the Fanduel forum. Then he made the unwise decision to throw gasoline on the fire by posting a thread full of demented ramblings and false accusations, and he put it in the Lounge for everyone to see.

I completely understand why Hootie was banned. I also think it was an emotional decision and quite possibly a harsher punishment than Hootie deserved. It saddens me to think that a guy who loves Chiefsplanet as much as Hootie does is permanently banned from the site.

I am hardly a Hootie fanboy. He and I have clashed quite a bit over the last year or so, and we've cussed each other out and insulted each other more times than I can count.

But I think he added a lot to the site. I will miss him. :(

Hootie is way too millennial - not possible.

Pete Rose is a Boomer.

Ok

https://media.giphy.com/media/IYHXGrjQbWpZS/giphy.gif

Um, no.

Reinstate both! First ballot HOFers for sure.

I haven't been paying attention, but damn I guess Hootie really did get th permanent boot

I think anybody who loves ChiefsPlanet too much should be banned. For their own sake.

hootie wouldn't take out ray fosse at home in an all star game.
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But he would take out a coffee table...

The similarities are uncanny.

Perhaps Hootie can apply for reinstatement one day? Or at least post up at a casino and sign autographs?

Very good comparison. Rose is actually witty though.

More like Steve Howe

Instead of spitting on his lifesized cardboard cutout like people do to Pete, people can piss on hootie's.

Somewhere out there, Hootie is patting himself on the back and telling people he predicted this banning... and that it's hilarious.

Bet I can get Hootie and Pete Rose to gamble.

I'll give them both 3 to 1 odds....