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Originally Posted by chucksabr
Anyone who gets into the habit of betting on games in which he has a duty to perform puts himself in a position of cheating to lose, in the service of the bet. Baseball has a right to put a blanket ban on that behavior, and to treat each and every person guilty of that infraction in the same way. In Baseball's case, it's with a declaration of permanent ineligibility.
You can argue that permanent ineligibility is too harsh a penalty for the infraction, and that's fair. But I don't see how it can be argued that Pete Rose deserves a pass because he got a bunch of hits, but everyone else deserves permanent ineligibility because they didn't.
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Pete Rose has not gotten a pass; he has been out for 25 years. He should be re-instated, because no one knowledgeable of the facts believes he ever bet against the Reds. Betting FOR the Reds is still bad, but 25 years is long enough, I'd say. Only the Charlie Manson's of the world deserve life without parole, not the Charlie Hustle's.