Pete Rose is one of the most decorated players of all time. Hall of Famer Whitey Ford dubbed him “Charlie Hustle” after watching his headfirst slides and continuous hustle on the baseball fie

In a poll taken shortly after Rose was banished, statistics revealed that 71% of people that took the survey thought Rose still deserved to be in the Hall of Fame, even though fully 84% of those surveyed believed Rose had bet on baseball (D2). The fans are certainly a significant part of Major League Baseball. After all, it is the fans’ money that keeps the league alive, but the tendency of the American people is to forgive their heroes and leaders too easily (think of Bill Clinton, Michael Irvin, and Chris Webber). There are certain rules that simply must not be broken, and for any sport gambling is one of those rules. When a professional athlete gambles on his or her own team, that athlete compromises the integrity of his or her game. It is too easy to purposely make one critical mistake and throw the game away for the sake of a bet.

If Rose were to admit that what he did was wrong, that he screwed up, and demonstrate that he has reconfigured his life, he would have a very good chance of being reinstated by Commissioner Bud Selig. Rose doesn’t even deserve that much. Admittance and apology don’t change the fact that he committed the act. As it stands, Rose continues to deny that he bet on his Cincinnati Reds and also continues to gamble. He has been spotted in Las Vegas casinos hanging around the sports book, the place one would go to place legal bets on sporting events (Berkow D7). Despite the legality of any gambling Rose is doing in Las Vegas, the fact remains that his lifestyle has not changed significantly.

The Reds brought Rose back in 1984 as a player-manager, a role that he retained through the 1986 season. Rose remained manager of the Reds until 1989, when he was replaced by former teammate Tommy Helms after compiling a record of 412 wins and 373 losses (Carter).

Pete Rose has a gambling problem. He says that he does not have a problem; he just does not want to stop. Why though, would someone with so much to gain by ceasing to gamble, continue gambling? Former friend and roommate Tommy Gioiosa stated, “Pete’s a great guy, but he has a sickness. That sickness is gambling” (Chass). Pathological gambling is “among impulse control problems that are broadly defined as mental disorders characterized by an irresistible impulse to perform harmful acts,” according to the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III (Murray 792). There are ten criteria that the American Psychiatric Association “uses to define pathological gambling” (Lesieur 154). An ind

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