Rose, MLB’s all-time hit king, was banned from baseball in 1989 after he was caught betting on games he managed. The league has co-exclusive partnerships with FanDuel and BetMGM. MLB has embraced sports betting after a 2018 Supreme Court decision ended a prohibition on it. “Pete Rose violated what is Rule 1 of baseball and the consequences of that are clear in the rules.’’ “I think for us, we’ve always approached the issue of gambling from the proposition that players and other people who are in position to influence the outcome of the game are going to be subject to a different set of rules than everyone else,” Manfred said before Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Major League Baseball has deep ties with the sports betting industry these days.īut that’s not changing Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from the sport, according to Commissioner Rob Manfred. Pete Rose gets Hall push from MLB legend: ‘Hypocritical’
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