Not a good idea, because he actually tried that in recent years (2022- after the statute of limitations for statutory rape expired), and a lot of his past WAS revealed in legal documents, including the fact that he had an affair with a 15-year old when he was in his thirties. When asked about it, he said "That was 50 years ago". You called it! No more suits from Rose, it's a bad bet !

Read the Dowd Report. The evidence was overwhelming and Bart Giamatti made it clear Rose agreed to a lifetime ban. Rose has nothing but lie about it ever since.

He makes a fortune by not being in the HOF. If he was in he wouldn't get the attention that he does. I don't think he really wants in.

he's said that more times than i can count.

Thats moronic... in what way would he profit after all these years?

He's not eligible.

@@seanwebb605 What are you talking about? That stupid rule about betting on baseball was put in place to protect baseball players from the gangsters and the mafia threatening your life if you didn't throw the game.

@@parkerbohnn You're manufacturing some weird alternate history. And Joe Morgan has said that Pete Rose started running with the worst of crowds. Rose is a crook and deserving more prison time. Not election into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame.

I don't think he really cares at this point

Most stars r assholes, the power goes to their heads,

It's not permitted.

Nobody on the ineligible list can be a candidate for the National Baseball Hall Of Fame. That's their rule. He only wants the distinction so that he can profit from it. But the hall also doesn't want people who harm the game. No amount of games played or hits justifies the way he discredited himself. And the rules regarding betting on baseball were known to everyone in baseball.

@@seanwebb605You left out one little side note: Thet changed the rule in 1991 that anyone banned is ineligible for the HOF. Coincidentally Rose was going to be on the ballot in 1992. Even Joe Jackson was on the ballot in 1936 despite being banned from the game. And let’s not get too judgmental when you say the HOF doesn’t people who harm the game of baseball in it. Should Connie Mack still be enshrined when he colluded with 15 owners for 45 years to not allow black players in? Let’s not throw stones.

@@chrisolivo6591 That's their rule. They get to make their own rules. Rose may have been eligible to be on the ballot in 1992. It was not inevitable. The hall has set criteria and they don't want people who have harmed the game. If you have an issue regarding those who were inducted decades ago and don't pass the same high standard then talk to them. Roberto Alomar was inducted and disgraced himself too. They chose not to remove him. Racism was the norm for a very long time. I'm glad this has changed. With some obvious recent regressions. Pete Rose is a scumbag. He gambled on games while he was a player and manager. He knew that it meant a lifetime ban from the game. The National Baseball Hall Of Fame is not a right. There are no points given for games played, hits, World Series rings etc. The man only wants the ban lifted so that he might be eligible for consideration. That still doesn't mean that voters will select him. He only wants to profit from the distinction. Screw that guy.

He should be inducted the day after he passes away and on his plaque in bold letters that he bet on baseball ​@seanwebb605

I guess he really doesn’t have a good memory

@@edwardranno7119 He does have a good memory -- he just chooses these days to be pretty selective about it.

@@edwardranno7119 I don't know what you heard, but I heard him say "I'm the one that made the mistake".