Re: Pete Rose should not be reinstated
Fair enough. BTW, I agree with you that purity is thrown out the window and that is a grievence I had. When Selig chooses to expand the playoffs its creating a long term problem and a short term solution. By that I mean he wanted to spike the ratings for the playoffs but in effect what he has done is make the regular season less meaningful-- a long term problem. And we all know thats just the tip of the iceberg as you mentioned some instances. In $hitting on the purists they might be killing their fanbase or at the very least robbing Peter to pay Paul. The gambling is sacrosanct though.
Other sports may not have such a moral clause in the HOF and to some it may seem arbitrary but again the legitimacy of competition is sacrosanct and many other sports havent been rocked to the core as baseball was in 1920. The fact is that Football has dealt severely by banning a player for a year but the NFL as a league may not have been in as much trouble as baseball was in 1920 with teh blacksox. The point is that if the rules are known by the players then they have no complaint if they get banned.
Fair enough. BTW, I agree with you that purity is thrown out the window and that is a grievence I had. When Selig chooses to expand the playoffs its creating a long term problem and a short term solution. By that I mean he wanted to spike the ratings for the playoffs but in effect what he has done is make the regular season less meaningful-- a long term problem. And we all know thats just the tip of the iceberg as you mentioned some instances. In $hitting on the purists they might be killing their fanbase or at the very least robbing Peter to pay Paul. The gambling is sacrosanct though.
Other sports may not have such a moral clause in the HOF and to some it may seem arbitrary but again the legitimacy of competition is sacrosanct and many other sports havent been rocked to the core as baseball was in 1920. The fact is that Football has dealt severely by banning a player for a year but the NFL as a league may not have been in as much trouble as baseball was in 1920 with teh blacksox. The point is that if the rules are known by the players then they have no complaint if they get banned.
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