Rose�¿½€™s repeated decisions to bet on baseball and getting in deep with his bookie put him in a position to throw games to pay his debts, and thus ruin the integrity of the game.
Under no circumstances, NONE, should Pete Rose be allowed in the Hall of Fame, FOREVER.
There isn�¿½€™t even a credible argument to the contrary.
Rose gambled on baseball, MLB is now in the business of baseball gambling; absolutely irrelevant and has NOTHING to do with each other? That makes as much sense as 0 claiming Islamic terrorist has nothing to do with Islam.
I've never said that Rose should be in the hall. What I have done is point out the hypocrisy and self righteous chest thumping by MLB (and some fans)who won't apply the same standard to several guys in the hall as they are to Rose. There are guys in the Hall right now who not only bet on baseball but evidence indicates they threw games. The Coke addicts of the 80’s put themselves in the same position to be blackmailed into throwing games. The PED users hurt the game's credibility and ran off fans.
Rose has earned the outrage and the ban, but we're talking about not letting him into a club that has more than its share of bad actors, not the sainthood.
Think of it this way. Rose’s penalty is not so much about the gambling itself. Rose’s penalty is about him severely compromising the integrity of the game.
If a fan bets on the game it does NOT compromise the integrity of the game.
If a manager bets on the game it DOES compromise the integrity of the game. Rose got in a huge debt with his bookie. That put him in a position to compromise his integrity. Integrity is sacred to the game.
That is how the two are different and have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Clear now?