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**incimisiche** · 12-05-2010, 03:54 PM

Good one!

I'd take out Pete Rose's name entirely. He GAMBLED. No drugs, no guns, no PED, no alcohol, no sexual assault, no bankruptcy, no hitting anybody, no cheating on his taxes. He just placed BETS. The article states it, but what he did pales in comparison to, i.e., Rothslisberger's recent forays.
Heck, I would include Alex Rodriguez there (who admitted to PED), Sammy Sosa, Palmeiro or McGwyre before putting in Rose.

It was still a fall from grace considering what a big star he was and what a big problem he had

It isn't just the sport the athletes represent...it is what they have done to themselves after having such a big measure of success that entails the fall from grace. Does the actual cause of the fall matter? Is gambling all that different from drugs? (As in recreational drugs) Nope.

12-05-2010, 03:54 PM	#11
incimisiche Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	Good one! I'd take out Pete Rose's name entirely. He GAMBLED. No drugs, no guns, no PED, no alcohol, no sexual assault, no bankruptcy, no hitting anybody, no cheating on his taxes. He just placed BETS. The article states it, but what he did pales in comparison to, i.e., Rothslisberger's recent forays. Heck, I would include Alex Rodriguez there (who admitted to PED), Sammy Sosa, Palmeiro or McGwyre before putting in Rose. It was still a fall from grace considering what a big star he was and what a big problem he had It isn't just the sport the athletes represent...it is what they have done to themselves after having such a big measure of success that entails the fall from grace. Does the actual cause of the fall matter? Is gambling all that different from drugs? (As in recreational drugs) Nope.
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