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In my view, he does not possess the "integrity" or "character" required of a HOF inductee.
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Integrity or character isn't "required," though. It's merely a part of the whole picture to consider.
Is there any player in the history of the game who accomplished enough that you would vote for them in spite of a Rose-like offense? If not, what level of on-field greatness would a player have to achieve in order to pull that off?
Personally... if Rose were in, say, the 25th percentile of HOFers (in terms of on-field accomplishments), I'd probably vote to keep him out. But he's not. He's in the 80th percentile or so. You basically have to view the integrity clause as a "trump card" in order to conclude that he doesn't belong in the Hall.