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
caps control impose rein spending stiff
If elected, I would impose stiff spending caps to rein in the out-of-control spending.
chain command hire money spend telling understand
We're telling , 'Don't spend money. Don't get logos. Don't hire consultants,' ... and we'll then take them up the chain of command and see if they know and understand what has to be done.
awful chance cities enter full money spending
We don't want to enter and not win. We don't want cities spending an awful lot of money and not have a full chance to be victorious.
asked cities embark serious spend
Cities can do what they want. We've asked them not to spend money. Don't get consultants. Don't get logos. Let's get serious about what you're going to embark on.
awful chance changed cities enter federal full game good government money spending understand
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.
spending holes states
The state is out of control, the state is on a spending binge, the state has to stop putting itself in a hole thats getting deeper and deeper and deeper.
rules
The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.
american-businessman athletes confident country
This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.
american-businessman federal
It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.
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.
ourselves strengthen
We have to strengthen ourselves and that's what this announcement is about today.
moved
I don't think we've moved at all on that issue.
athletes changing emerging female modern room
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.