>>>Cheaters are in the HoF, yet Pete sits out for putting money on his team to win.<<<
Betting on his team to lose would be even worse, but betting on a game involving your team is an unpardonable sin in sports.
As manager of the Reds, if Rose had a large bet on say game #87, he might make managing decisions that would hurt his team’s chances of winning future games. For example, he might bring his ace pitcher who was scheduled to pitch game 88 in in the 7th inning of game 87, making him unable to make his regular start. Or he might leave his ace pitcher in a game too long, causing him to injure his arm and miss the rest of the season.
Rose’s lifetime ban is just. Allowing him to manage, coach, play (obviously he is too old for that) would make a mockery of the game.
He has nobody to blame but himself. The best known rules of MLB are that you don’t bet on baseball, and especially not on games involving your team, which brings an automatic, lifetime ban.
Noted, good put.
Alex Karras also bet on Detroit to win and was banned from Football.
Tough for him, he had go go on to a career as an actor, in Victor Victoria, Blazing Saddles, Webster.
So don’t let him play baseball.
The hall of fame is not baseball.