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Originally Posted by Skiptown
So you would be ok with someone saying this stuff to your kid? What if your kids teacher talked like that ? Sorry but there is no excuse for anyone to address a group of young people in that manner. And yes he did agree to a lifetime ban because he not only bet on games but on games he was coaching. It simply makes it too easy to manipulate the outcome.
Why not just throw all of the rules out and let any pro player do any drugs they want and cheat to fix the outcome of the game. Pro sports have rules and the players do not get to pick and choose the ones they want to follow without there being consequences. I know that others have done what Rose did and he just was not even good enough at it to not get caught.If the hall were completly based only on skill then he would be there but it is also based on following certain rules that are there for all players.
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Im saying let the punishment fit the crime. Not get carried away in the mud gathering tumbleweed of a witch hunt that the flag wavers and finger pointers do from their soap boxes. Do I condone an adult cussing in front of young kids...of course not...but if it was a 66 year old Korean war veteran that was doing it...people would turn the other cheek.
Its all B.S., politics and media hype. Pete agreed to the ban to try and get his life back as much as a guy like him could. He should be in the hall...but people like you would have him be in the hall strapped to a fence so 7 year old kids could throw fast balls at him all day and scream at him about how he ruined the image of baseball forever
