There are plenty of anti-steroids rules in baseball. Everything you say about Rose applies equally to steroids users in baseball, yet MLB hides its head in the sand. If they made even a modest attempt to clean up their act then they would have some ground to stand on in denying Rose his place in the HoF.
I'm sorry, but I cannot agree.
I never said there weren't anti-steroids rules. Obviously there are, and players are held accountable for breaking them. I don't think the punishments are high enough (even with the new suspensions), but they are what they are.
The rule against gambling has been on the books for nearly a century, and the punishment for it is well known. You appear to want to exempt Pete Rose for that punishment.
If punishment for some rulebreaking isn't sufficient, does that mean we can't hold people responsible for breaking other rules?
This is about personal responsibility. Rose knew the punishment, he did the crime, now he wants to be excused from that punishment.