This website, the reliability of which is unknown to me, is claiming that a deal has been reached for Pete Rose to return cautiously to the world of baseball, including possible entry into the Hall of Fame. A spokesperson for Major League Baseball denies the report but the website is standing by its story.
So one of two things will happen here. Either Rose will shortly be reinstated, whereupon the spokesperson for Major League Baseball will be shown to be a fibber. Or Rose won't be reinstated, in which case we'll know the reliability of that website. There's also a third possibility, I suppose: They decided to reinstate Rose but since the report leaked, they'll go back and change their minds. But that seems unlikely.
Maybe there's a fourth possibility. Maybe they're decided to reinstate Rose but they're denying it so that Pete has a chance to get some bets down on his reinstatement before it's announced.
Or a fifth: They have no intention of reinstating him but Rose has planted the rumor so he can get some bets down that he won't be reinstated.
Can a guy be ruled ineligible for the Hall of Fame for betting on whether he'll be ruled eligible for the Hall of Fame?