Not done here.
To quote the Council:
Limiting the hot dog’s significance by saying it’s ‘just a sandwich’ is like calling the Dalai Lama ‘just a guy’. Perhaps at one time its importance could be limited by forcing it into a larger sandwich category (no disrespect to Reubens and others), but that time has passed. We therefore choose to take a cue from a great performer and declare our namesake be a “hot dog formerly known as a sandwich.
Using their own example, the Dalai Lama, while perhaps not "just a guy," is certainly human. So the hot dog, while maybe not just a sandwich, is certainly a sandwich. The fact that these guys want their product to be a category unto itself is understandable. But their bias is clear.
SANDWICH
(I love Always Sunny)