Fact. MLB and the HOF have nothing to do with each other. The HOF may be acting in line with MLB, but they are still able to make their own decisions.
yes. and they made the decision that any player who is declared ineligible is not eligible w/r/t the hall of fame. that's their decision.
Fact. Steroids far and away affected baseball a lot more than Rose trying to gain a couple of extra bucks.
i would say that if you asked any commissioner of any league around the world that the only thing that would chill his blood more than steroids is someone actively involved in the day to day operations of a team betting on said team. this point is essential.
Fact. There is no proof he actually did manage the Reds in a way to purposely put the Reds in the best chance to lose.
that literally doesn't matter. he bet on his team.
(d) BETTING ON BALL GAMES. Any player, umpire, or club official or
employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in
connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform shall be declared
ineligible for one year.
Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall
bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which
the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible.
that's literally all that needs said.
Fact. Betting on baseball in itself is not a crime.
- sure it's not. when you do it legally and when you're not the player/manager of a team that you're betting on and receiving paychecks from.
- you can't really apply law and order w/r/t sports leagues. they have their own cbas and punishment systems. it's also illegal to throw a 100mph fastball at another person but mlb doesn't get the courts involved in cases like that, they sort the punishment out themselves. same with rose. mlb had one rule, literally one rule, that they posted in every locker room and said, "look guys. break this rule and you're entering a world of pain." rose didn't care, he broke the rule and he was punished for it.
Fact. Taking steroids is a crime.
so are dui, domestic violence and all that. again, they're handled with kid gloves by the courts. mlb's cba did not have a testing policy at the time and drugs were all over the game (and had been for the better part of, well, since baseball existed)
Fact. Taking steroids is blatant cheating.
yeah man, what a bunch of cheaters. cheating has been a part of sport since it was invented. casually ignoring it until it comes to guys that you don't like personally is a really ****** way to run a railroad.
Fact. Betting on Baseball is not cheating.
it just calls into question the legitimacy of the game, the team, the league and the sport itself.
Gambling is the most innocent activity that happens to be against the rules. It's one of those things you can do, and not realize there's anything wrong with doing it. Not saying that's the case with Rose, but it's far more forgiveable than trying to blatantly cheat.
this is just so wrong that i kind of feel bad for you. you're acting like rose was caught buying scratch tickets or something. he was betting between $2,000-$5,000 on games that he was involved in. mlb has banned every player caught gambling for life in the history of the league. rose knew that.
just this past year there was a story on jarred cosart where he was caught making some bets. mlb acted, investigated and closed the case within a week. if you're curious, cosart was fined but wasn't banned for life because he was placing bets on college basketball. gambling is fine. athletes gamble on sports all the time. they're not allowed to gamble on games they're playing in. it calls into question the legitimacy of the outcome and whether or not the game was fixed. period.
