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LETTERS, Page 10YOU BET YOUR LIFE
Compulsive gambling is a social disease, like drug or alcohol
abuse (NATION, July 10). Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti
should change the sport's archaic rules about gambling. If
Cincinnati Reds Manager Pete Rose is guilty of betting on his own
team, he should be suspended for 90 days or a year and ordered to
seek treatment. He should not be banished from the game for life.
Andrea M. Ciccarelli
Las Vegas
Relativism is beginning to dictate the moral code of our
country. Right and wrong do not matter anymore because every act
is judged relative to some other act. Hence Rose's alleged gambling
on his own team is not perceived as being anything so bad. You
quote one observer as saying, "It's not like he's a criminal or
anything." Next it will be "My son may not do so well in school,
but at least he doesn't rob 7-Elevens," and, finally, "Well, I may
drink and drive, but at least I don't smoke crack."
Beth Hanes
Colorado Springs, Colo.
If I work for someone, I follow his rules. If I don't like
them, I can try to change them, quit or get fired. Baseball players
must abide by the important ban against betting on pro ball. Please
don't give gamblers a bad reputation by tying them in with Rose the
rogue.
Don Coulson
Orange, Calif.
If Rose is as simon-pure as he says he is, why does it make
any difference who hears his case? If he has nothing to hide, let's
get the whole matter over with and go back to harassing Congress.
Kendall J. Wentz
Port Charlotte, Fla.
Alas, all the public wanted was one perfect Rose. Pete, that
is. When will we learn not to make men into gods? They always seem
to tumble off those pedestals.
Donna Roblyer
Tulsa
Professional baseball is Big Business, not a game, not a sport.
Only on a kids' back lot is baseball considered a game. Rose earns
his salary in a tough, competitive business. He makes big bucks for
the owners. Whether Pete Rose gambles in the financial markets or
on the baseball diamond is his business.
Jean M. Zeltner
Cranford, N.J.