[bedolido]

So did O.J. Granted the severity is much different, but our nation is refusing to enforce any standards at all because we feel "sorry" for the perp. Time heals all wounds and the American sheeple will probably be embracing O.J. within the decade.

You have a valid point and I hope O.J. is never accepted or embraced. However, he gambled on baseball and has served (about 15 years or so) time for his misdeed. It's about time he gets parolled. O.J. gets life for murdering his wife (I know you stated the obvious difference)... but the two aren't even in the same category (to me).

[1Old Pro]

he gambled on baseball and has served (about 15 years or so) time for his misdeed

I think given the circumstances you may be right. However, Sports should have a certain number of violations that if violated invoke the ban for life penalty.

[dfwgator]

The Black Sox scandal almost ruined baseball. It is the easiest game of the others to fix. If there was any question about the integrity of the game, it would die. That is why the penalties have to be as harsh as they are. Judge Landis was absolutely right to do what he did, even if Shoeless Joe got taken down wrongfully.

[dfwgator]

You have a valid point and I hope O.J. is never accepted or embraced.

Did you hear JoeDeLamielleure's (he was part of the Electric Company) HOF acceptance speech? It was as if OJ never existed.