In Reply to: He'll be in it now. His agreement with Giamatti was to be posted by azbruin on October 01, 2024 at 17:53:59
described his punishment. From WaPo "Although he has long been described as being given a “lifetime ban,” those words do not appear in the official agreement banning Rose. After an investigation led by then-deputy commissioner Fay Vincent and attorney John Dowd, Rose and Commissioner Bart Giamatti signed an agreement stating that the former Cincinnati Reds star and manager was “permanently ineligible in accordance with Major League Rule 21."
Also, "Induction to the Hall of Fame is a separate matter, with its board of directors voting unanimously in 1991 to adopt a rule excluding players on the permanently ineligible list from consideration for enshrinement."