Bud Selig is and always has been an idiot.
Rose, regardless of the whole gambling business, is a fan favorite.
The message that Selig and the MLB is sending is that drug use/abuse, alcoholism, violence, and criminal records are perfectly okay for HofF selectees. But don't gamble - it's BAD!!
Complete and utter nonsense.
It's not the gambling. It's the lying. Had Rose fessed up back then, he's have been out of baseball but he'd be in the Hall now. It's the lying, and the accusations made against the people who had Rose dead to rights.
Surely you're not suggesting that rules don't apply to "fan favorites"?
I agree with you on that.
The message that Selig and the MLB is sending is that drug use/abuse, alcoholism, violence, and criminal records are perfectly okay for HofF selectees. But don't gamble - it's BAD!! Complete and utter nonsense.
I disagree. Betting on baseball is the worst thing a player or manager can do, because it directly destroys the integrity of the game itself. Those other offenses are bad, but they concern individual players, not the game itself. And which HOF inductees are you referring to?