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LETTERS, Page 9Punishment for a Hero
It is a relief finally to see that someone else believes
athletes should not be given special treatment. When the late
Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose for
life from baseball, he was acknowledging that the man, although an
idol to some, deserved to be punished (SPORT, Sept. 4).
Unfortunately, it seems that professional athletes are treated
leniently because they are our heroes. A double standard that puts
athletes into an elitist category must cease.
David Contract
Stamford, Conn.
Even to a visiting Australian unfamiliar with the tradition
and conventions of baseball, the implications of a team manager
betting on his own team, as Giamatti believed Rose did, are clear.
In Australia, however, once down, Rose would not be kicked. Surely
the coincidence of his child's birthday and the date he could apply
for reinstatement to a beloved way of life could be viewed as a
cause for celebration as easily as it was condemned as an
assessment of the priorities in his life.
Justin J. Moses
Allambie, Australia
F. Scott Fitzgerald said it: "Show me a hero and I will write
you a tragedy."
William A. Fahey
New Orleans