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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
The difference is Rose bet on his own team, violating a long-standing cardinal rule that carried a severe punishment for the infraction: permanent ineligibility. Rose knew the rule and the punishment it carried, and bet on his own team anyway.
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Do you honestly think, that with the Astros cheating in order to win, that players and coaches did not also bet on their team to win?
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