F this prick and the baseball commissioners before him. Pete Rose did not affect the outcome of one baseball game. He never once bet against his own team, which is the main purpose of the rule against gambling. Meanwhile, cheaters like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, etc. have always been eligible for the HOF.
Actually none of those guys are eligible anymore. The baseball hall has an eligibility window thing. Once you get to the second layer of votes you’ve got 10 years, if you don’t get voted in on any of those you are out of consideration. Now the Veterans Committee CAN put players in post that window. But the Veterans Committee doesn’t vote that often, and doesn’t tend to override on players that failed 10 times.
Also note Rose actually came up for vote a couple of times, failed miserably which is part of why the HOF declared they would honor the ban and remove him from consideration. To spare him the embarrassment of failing the vote 10 times. And this move only makes him ELIGIBLE, he still might fail the vote.