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
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As we've said before, if we find a city that's capable to bid on the Olympic games ... we will be a much stronger candidate from the United States because of the strengthening of our ties.
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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.
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The dreams of young people from around the world who aspire to compete in the Olympic Games in softball and baseball were dealt a setback today. We are disappointed the IOC chose to not reconsider its decision.
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The international game has changed for bidding cities.
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A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.
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The integrity of the game is everything.
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The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.
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This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.
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It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.
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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.
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We have to strengthen ourselves and that's what this announcement is about today.
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I don't think we've moved at all on that issue.
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But there's still room for women, and what we see are emerging female athletes and female fans. This is all changing the modern American sports.
If we go in rag-tag, we're not going to win.