Guys. He admitted to betting on games that he even played in . Read the agreement that he signed . In August 1989, three years after he retired as an active player, Rose agreed. He bet on games while playing for and managing the Reds, including claims that he bet on his own team. He wasn't forced to sign it but he also knew that they had more damaging evidence against him. I had to go back and look at some of the News Coverage of the event including local Ohio News Coverage.
In 2007 Rose said on the Dan Patrick show that he bet on his team . And he also said he didn't bet on them every night. From the Dan Patrick Show. "I bet on my team every night. I didn't bet on my team four nights a week. I bet on my team to win every night because I loved my team, I believed in my team," But John Dowd who investigated said that wasn't true. Rose only bet when he knew he could win. He would bet against his team when a bad pitcher was pitching for the Reds. Rose finally admitted to betting on his team but only when he was releasing his new book.
Now Paul Janszen, and bookie Ron Peters both were convicted of drug charges. They also gave the evidence about Pete Rose and Gambling. This is what I was talking about when I said they may have had some really bad stuff on Rose including links to Organized Crime. Rose hired "runners" to place bets for him and they worked for the mob. It got really messy at that point. Rose was selling things like the bat he used to break Ty Cobbs record to cover his bets.
He also had to go to Jail for Tax Problems that came out of the investigations.
Again, It could have been much worse for Rose then just a ban from baseball.