Consider a student who passes a final exam under the influence of illegal drugs. The professor might be inclined to call the police, but there’s no reason why the student shouldn’t get the grade he earned. Then consider another student who cheats on the same exam. No crime has been committed, but as a student that’s the worst possible behavior, and deserves the harshest penalty.
Gambling is the worst thing a ballplayer can do, because it undermines the integrity of the game. Pete Rose did the worst thing a ballplayer could do by not only gambling on games in the NBA the NFL and college sports, but also baseball games. Peter Edwards Rose was investigated by Major League Baseball and a hearing was scheduled for May of 1989. The scheduled hearing never took place and yet Pete Rose was suspended from baseball and placed on the ineligibility l
ist. Pete could apply for re-instatement after one year. But less than one year later the Baseball Hall of Fame added a clause to it’s eligibility rules stating that players who were on Baseball’s ineligibility list could not be considered as candidates. Commissioner Bud Selig said that the application would be considered at an appropriate time. In 1997 Pete Rose applied for re-instatement nearly eight years after he was first eligible to do so. He was turned down
Rose recently took another step closer to being re-instated. He has backed an Official Pete Rose Online Petition set up at www.sportcut.com. The petition will be sent on January 31, 2000 to the Baseball Hall of Fame with all signatures. I urge you to vote for Pete Rose online to better his chances.
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