Peter Ueberroth
Peter Ueberroth
Peter Victor Ueberrothis an American executive. He served as the sixth Commissioner of Baseball from 1984 to 1989. He was recently the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee; he was replaced by Larry Probst in October 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth2 September 1937
CountryUnited States of America
bid city competition country example future impact members states united
It is important to any future bid city from the United States that this be reversed. It's disappointing. This will impact IOC members negatively. This may be the only example of a country prohibiting competition on an international scale.
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It is a new injury. But whether there happened to be something else, the same outcome would have happened ? and Emily would be able to compete.
caps control impose rein spending stiff
If elected, I would impose stiff spending caps to rein in the out-of-control spending.
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I don't think we've moved at all on that issue.
discussing pleased
We're pleased that they're even discussing it in the hallways.
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he had heard from several IOC members who said they were confused at the time of the voting, believing softball was merely an extension of baseball, and now regretted their vote.
applaud honorable totally wanting
We applaud his wanting to be absolutely, totally honorable in every way,
less looking toward
We are looking less favorably toward 2016 bidding at this moment,
ourselves strengthen
We have to strengthen ourselves and that's what this announcement is about today.
confident level playing understanding
We don't have a completely level playing field, in our understanding, from the I.O.C.. We are confident that we will get there, but we are not there.
conclusion discussed whether
we discussed whether we should or not bid, and we have not come to a conclusion whether we should or not bid.
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I'm very pleased with the team and its performance. The (USOC) board thought that we should not be swept up with everybody's unbridled optimism.
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The international landscape has changed and nothing less than a concerted, engaging effort worldwide will allow us to be successful.
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The federal government has to understand the game has changed and we'll have to change to be competitive. We don't want to enter and not win, or not have a good chance to win. We don't want cities to be spending an awful lot of money and not get a full chance to be victorious.