If old Charlie Hustle PR had been more humble and contrite when the gambling was first revealed he could have averted the mess. Andy Petitte fessed up and was contrite publicly about his use of HGH/ drug enhancements and its all gone and forgotten about and it won’t stain his career legacy.
Rose chose the arrogant, stiff necked response and its still biting him back these many years.
And what everyone is ignoring is that Pete Rose agreed to his lifetime suspension from baseball.