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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Pete Rose did exactly what every player and manager should be required to do, wager part of their income on winning the game.
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That comment insults intelligence.
No player in pro sports had a guaranteed salary without performance.
To argue that players would perform better if they had skin in every game is to ignore that they already do.....free agents who are good get hired....those that aren't don't.
In America we are free to let the market decide what we are worth.
The market rewards the good players a hell of a lot more than the dark world of gambling.
Pete Rose chose to bet on baseball.
Pete Rose, by doing so, has locked himself out of the Hall of Fame.
Too bad for Pete Rose.
Hurrah for Baseball.
Pete Rose represents a sickness that, unchecked, undermines public confidence in sports.
He should never be granted admission to the Hall of Fame.