brettmojo
06-15-2009, 12:00 PM
MLB sure hopes so apparently...
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090615&content_id=5338296&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Here are the major points of the formal presentation to the 15-member IOC board, which will decide on which two of seven candidate sports to nominate for the 2016 Olympics:
• Baseball will offer a five-day, eight-team tournament that will allow maximum participation of the top players from the countries that qualify for the Olympics. The qualifier for 2016 would be held during the 2015 offseason.
• All four potential host cities for 2016 already have established baseball venues and domestic baseball programs in place.
• The MLB offer not to broadcast any games in direct competition with the 2016 Olympic baseball schedule, or have any games on its schedule on the climactic day of Olympic medal play.
• The participation of eligible "elite players" around the world; cited as examples were de Jong and Bryce Harper, the 16-year-old Las Vegas phenom recently featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090615&content_id=5338296&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Here are the major points of the formal presentation to the 15-member IOC board, which will decide on which two of seven candidate sports to nominate for the 2016 Olympics:
• Baseball will offer a five-day, eight-team tournament that will allow maximum participation of the top players from the countries that qualify for the Olympics. The qualifier for 2016 would be held during the 2015 offseason.
• All four potential host cities for 2016 already have established baseball venues and domestic baseball programs in place.
• The MLB offer not to broadcast any games in direct competition with the 2016 Olympic baseball schedule, or have any games on its schedule on the climactic day of Olympic medal play.
• The participation of eligible "elite players" around the world; cited as examples were de Jong and Bryce Harper, the 16-year-old Las Vegas phenom recently featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.