The Media Daily News did an interview with former IBAF President Dr. Harvey Schiller. The 70-year-old is now CEO of GlobalOptions Group, a risk management company, besides continuing consulting sports. He mainly talked about the strained relationship between the USOC and the IOC, but also said that he still has hopes for Baseball’s return to the 2016 Olympic program.
MDN: You tried to get baseball reinstated in the 2016 Games. You weren’t able to persuade the IOC. How frustrating was it?
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HS: It was horrible. Because the rules kept changing on how the sports were going to get picked. (IOC) President Jacques Rogge changed the rules, and he said we’ll leave it up to the executive committee. And once that happened, it was clear the focus of the IOC leadership was to bring in sports like rugby and golf — softball and baseball suffered.
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I would hope that it’s not over for 2016. Now that the Games are going to be in the Americas (Rio de Janeiro), with the strong support from the Latin nations and the Pan-American sports organization, perhaps there’d be some consideration for baseball in 2016 again.
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