Having said that, if I were commissioner I would have decided in Jackson and Roses favor. They didn't murder anybody. Apparently in the eyes of the commissioner punishments for gambling must go on until death and after.
. . . if I were commissioner I would have decided in Jackson and Roses favor. They didn't murder anybody.No, and the "they didn't murder anybody" argument is one of innumerable arguments that would be considered incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial if this were a court cast.
But a) Jackson, who was probably more dumb than dishonest, took a $5,000 payoff. Right then and there no matter that he may have tried to return or dispose of it the following morning he became culpable in the 1919 World Series fix; and, b) the disclosure of the Michael Bertolini notebooks last summer---in which notes were kept regarding Rose's betting while he was still a player including on his own team, one way or the other---put paid to his case once and for all.
Apparently in the eyes of the commissioner punishments for gambling must go on until death and after.
No, they go on in the eyes of Rule 21(d). Which, by the way, says "permanent," not "lifetime."