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
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.
baseball deserves needs olympic ready softball
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.
american-businessman federal
It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.
american-businessman athletes confident country
This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.
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.
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.
sports integrity games
The integrity of the game is everything.
sports play week
Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.
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.
sports baseball player
Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.
discussing pleased
We're pleased that they're even discussing it in the hallways.
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.
less looking toward
We are looking less favorably toward 2016 bidding at this moment,