Baseball and softball dropped from Olympics

Gappa238 · 07-08-2005, 06:34 AM

SINGAPORE -- Baseball and softball were tossed out of the Olympic program, effective at the 2012 London Olympics, by secret vote of the International Olympic Committee today.

The IOC's full membership, at last acting on three-year-old proposals that it consider changes in its sports program, held 28 separate votes on the 28 sports currently in the program. In agreement with the 28 sports bodies, the IOC executive board agreed beforehand not to release vote totals nor where the various sports ranked in relation to each other.
IOC president Jacques Rogge called the decision "an opportunity for two new sports to be in the program of 2012."

The IOC previously determined that it would keep a ceiling of 28 sports and 10,500 athletes in the Summer Games, and would only invite new sports into the program if others were voted out.

Arguments against keeping baseball included the inability of its international federation to deliver the sport's biggest names -- that is, Major League Baseball stars -- to compete in the Games. It didn't help that IOC members have seen a double standard with MLB's hesitancy to sign onto the Olympics' World Anti-Doping Agency protocol.

Softball, which first was included in the Olympics at the 1996 Atlanta Games, had been considered expendable because its worldwide popularity is minimal, allowing the Olympics to be dominated by the U.S. women. Also, with the exit of baseball, the Olympics no longer needs softball's numbers to balance the participation of both sexes.

Rogge said the IOC's executive board would "come back as quickly as possible with proposals" on the next step. There already has been a study recommending that new Olympic sports would come from a list including golf, karate, roller sports, rugby and squash.

WTF?!?!?!?!? :banghead:

~~Fresch~~ · 07-08-2005, 06:40 AM

Squash and lawn bowls!

Yes, the favourite sport of the Commonwealth games, Lawn Bowls. :weight_li

**NNTB** · 07-08-2005, 03:15 PM

They're really gonna have to keep an eye on them squash players... everyone knows how much juice they're on...

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:07 PM

Good...i don't like baseball or softball..allthought I do like to watch them girls play SB. But anyways what the hell is squash (besdies the food)?

Gappa238 · 07-08-2005, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by noneedtobrag

They're really gonna have to keep an eye on them squash players... everyone knows how much juice they're on...

We all know with how strict the IOC is about performance enhancing drugs that no one juices that competes

**NNTB** · 07-08-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RiDz

Good...i don't like baseball or softball..allthought I do like to watch them girls play SB. But anyways what the hell is squash (besdies the food)?

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:12 PM

Well I did a little research and found this. http://www.squash.org/
Either I'm absolutley retarded or this game looks stupid as hell! If I was playing I'd probley flip out and go and beat the other guy down with my damn little racket thing you get. But then again I only play hockey and football so im violent lol

Dan · 07-08-2005, 04:13 PM

I caught this also.... really stupid basis for doing it as well ...

it was mantioned they may put things golf and rugby in place of them.... so basically they are going to be having the same conversations again and for the same reasons given ..lol

**EME** · 07-08-2005, 04:16 PM

Rollersports?

So, are we going to have Roller Derby in the Olympics?

Maybe Dodgeball will be next!

- EME

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by EME

Rollersports?

So, are we going to have Roller Derby in the Olympics?

Maybe Dodgeball will be next!

- EME

LoL...I'd join up for the USA dodgeball team.. "We are pimps.. we will smack you wit our ballz nigguh!"

**EME** · 07-08-2005, 04:19 PM

I was looking at the list of obscure sports that are already in there...
I think I could be an Olympian!

Did you know Skeet ( Trap ) shooting is a current Olympic sport?

- EME

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:22 PM

Alright, I found the BEST choice for the new olympic event. Here ya go..ARE YOU READY FOR THIS HARDCORE EVENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!? Let me introduce you to the AMAZING world of CUPSTACKING!!!! http://worldsportstackingassociation.org/index.htm

*gives every person in that association a hatchet to the forehead

Dan · 07-08-2005, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EME

Rollersports?

So, are we going to have Roller Derby in the Olympics?

Maybe Dodgeball will be next!

- EME

LOL ya I forgot about that one..

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:26 PM

http://www.extremeironing.com/index.php or maybe this tickles your fancy. Yes, thats correct, extreme IRONING, as in ironing your shirt lol.

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:28 PM

Also, heres one that Nergal's mom might want to get in on.
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

Please note these are ALL real "sports"

**NNTB** · 07-08-2005, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RiDz

http://www.extremeironing.com/index.php or maybe this tickles your fancy. Yes, thats correct, extreme IRONING, as in ironing your shirt lol.

LMAO... that looks real hardcore...

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by noneedtobrag

LMAO... that looks real hardcore...

Yeah man, it's EXTREME! Who doesn't want to go all over the country with an ironing board and an iron?

lol

**NNTB** · 07-08-2005, 04:42 PM

Remember, always iron safely, and live to iron another day. That pile of laundry ain't gonna go away in a hurry, so don't take risks with it.

-- Redhotwedge, Denmark

lol

RiDz · 07-08-2005, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noneedtobrag

Remember, always iron safely, and live to iron another day. That pile of laundry ain't gonna go away in a hurry, so don't take risks with it.

-- Redhotwedge, Denmark

lol

LMAO! Is that off their site?!

07-08-2005, 06:34 AM	#1
Gappa238 Fast guy in training Join Date: May 2005 Location: Gappaville Posts: 615 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 25	Baseball and softball dropped from Olympics SINGAPORE -- Baseball and softball were tossed out of the Olympic program, effective at the 2012 London Olympics, by secret vote of the International Olympic Committee today. The IOC's full membership, at last acting on three-year-old proposals that it consider changes in its sports program, held 28 separate votes on the 28 sports currently in the program. In agreement with the 28 sports bodies, the IOC executive board agreed beforehand not to release vote totals nor where the various sports ranked in relation to each other. IOC president Jacques Rogge called the decision "an opportunity for two new sports to be in the program of 2012." The IOC previously determined that it would keep a ceiling of 28 sports and 10,500 athletes in the Summer Games, and would only invite new sports into the program if others were voted out. Arguments against keeping baseball included the inability of its international federation to deliver the sport's biggest names -- that is, Major League Baseball stars -- to compete in the Games. It didn't help that IOC members have seen a double standard with MLB's hesitancy to sign onto the Olympics' World Anti-Doping Agency protocol. Softball, which first was included in the Olympics at the 1996 Atlanta Games, had been considered expendable because its worldwide popularity is minimal, allowing the Olympics to be dominated by the U.S. women. Also, with the exit of baseball, the Olympics no longer needs softball's numbers to balance the participation of both sexes. Rogge said the IOC's executive board would "come back as quickly as possible with proposals" on the next step. There already has been a study recommending that new Olympic sports would come from a list including golf, karate, roller sports, rugby and squash. WTF?!?!?!?!? :banghead:

07-08-2005, 03:15 PM	#3
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EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	I was looking at the list of obscure sports that are already in there... I think I could be an Olympian! Did you know Skeet ( Trap ) shooting is a current Olympic sport? - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

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NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,447 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 163	Remember, always iron safely, and live to iron another day. That pile of laundry ain't gonna go away in a hurry, so don't take risks with it. -- Redhotwedge, Denmark lol __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

07-08-2005, 06:40 AM	#2
~~Fresch~~ Banned Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 195 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	Squash and lawn bowls! Yes, the favourite sport of the Commonwealth games, Lawn Bowls. :weight_li

07-08-2005, 04:07 PM	#4
RiDz Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Near Sholiz Posts: 131 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Good...i don't like baseball or softball..allthought I do like to watch them girls play SB. But anyways what the hell is squash (besdies the food)?

07-08-2005, 04:12 PM	#7
RiDz Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Near Sholiz Posts: 131 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Well I did a little research and found this. http://www.squash.org/ Either I'm absolutley retarded or this game looks stupid as hell! If I was playing I'd probley flip out and go and beat the other guy down with my damn little racket thing you get. But then again I only play hockey and football so im violent lol

07-08-2005, 04:13 PM	#8
Dan Unpaid Trash Collector Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,725 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 26	I caught this also.... really stupid basis for doing it as well ... it was mantioned they may put things golf and rugby in place of them.... so basically they are going to be having the same conversations again and for the same reasons given ..lol

07-08-2005, 04:22 PM	#12
RiDz Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Near Sholiz Posts: 131 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Alright, I found the BEST choice for the new olympic event. Here ya go..ARE YOU READY FOR THIS HARDCORE EVENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!? Let me introduce you to the AMAZING world of CUPSTACKING!!!! http://worldsportstackingassociation.org/index.htm *gives every person in that association a hatchet to the forehead

07-08-2005, 04:26 PM	#14
RiDz Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Near Sholiz Posts: 131 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	http://www.extremeironing.com/index.php or maybe this tickles your fancy. Yes, thats correct, extreme IRONING, as in ironing your shirt lol.

07-08-2005, 04:28 PM	#15
RiDz Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Near Sholiz Posts: 131 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	Also, heres one that Nergal's mom might want to get in on. http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/ Please note these are ALL real "sports"

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