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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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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Baseball deserves to be in the Olympic Games. I think there's some reorganization that needs to be done internationally and domestically. But softball is and was ready to be in the Olympic Games.
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I don't think we've moved at all on that issue.
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The USOC is dedicated to see to it that women's softball does not miss its turn in 2012. We're hopeful and, in a humble way, hope to try and influence people to reconsider a decision that was a bad decision to eliminate a women's sport.
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California has got to wake up and start problem-solving,
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The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.
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All those people will go away?. In the end, it is the people who fix their own cities. Private-sector leadership. Political leadership.
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Leaders who aren't on the radar will emerge. If the city is going to recover, they must emerge.
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The financial condition when the new board was elected was very unattractive. We were surprised to find that major bank loans were necessary to fund 'ongoing operations', and that the United States Olympic Committee was basically in debt.
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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.
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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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This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.
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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.
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We have to strengthen ourselves and that's what this announcement is about today.