Nebo86

This is an open invite for all baseball fans to submit a pro-baseball contribution(s) to the Virtual Olympic Congress. This an excellent forum to get good representation. The deadline is December 31, 2008. Presentations must not exceed 1,000 words and must be in English or French.

The purpose of the Virtual Olympic Congress is to enable people to circulate their ideas more freely and easily to the IOC. The first stage of the reinstatement process for baseball leads us to the Olympic Congress, which will be held in Copenhagen from October 3-5, 2009.

Register at: home.

GoRedSoxGo

I'm all for baseball in the Olympics, don't get me wrong, but it just seems rather pointless with so few teams to compete with. To me, the only way it would be a real victory to get a gold medal would be if the competition was more fierce.

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Nebo86

Many International Baseball federations determine their budget on which disciplines are on the Olympic program. National Olympic Committee’s (NOC) around the world will be reducing their baseball related expenses. The International game will be set back, because NOC’s don’t regard the WBC and other International tournaments as important as the Olympics. To MLB fans life goes on, but for fans of the game in emerging countries it may take years to recover.

GoRedSoxGo

I wasn't aware of all that. I guess I should support the Olympics keeping baseball in then. The only way we'll see more competitors is if these emerging countries can fully develop the players and teams available. Rather a Catch 22 there.

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