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Originally Posted by Saul Good
The HOF is a joke on the level of the Pro Bowl, so I don't really give a shit about that part of it, anyway.
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Yeah, my initial point in post 2 or 3, or whatever, about the ban affecting his HOF status was mostly about MLB using it to sort of strong arm A-Rod. That's what I believe they did. They said, "If you think you might get in the HOF someday, you have to come clean and admit and take your lumps. Otherwise we're banning you."
And really that's MLBs only actual concrete influence over the HOF. The HOF laws say players on the banned list aren't eligible to come up for a vote.
So, in a way MLB was threatening him with a HOF ban in a roundabout way. And I think it was probably effective, because A Rod obviously has a huge ego and I have to believe he thinks he'll get in someday and he really wants to be in.
Whether or not roid users should, shouldn't be is a side topic.