IOC TO RECONSIDER BASEBALL REINSTATEMENT FOR 2016

According to Matt Smith from Baseball Great Britain, the International Olympic Committee will be considering the reinstatement of seven sports in time for the 2016 Summer Games, including baseball. The IOC will consider the seven sports at an August meeting in Berlin, with five of those being cut from further consideration prior to the IOC Congress in Copenhagen in October.


The original plan was for all seven sports to be voted upon in Copenhagen after presentations were made in Berlin, but the IOC decided to cut the final list from seven to two prior to holding its Congress in Denmark after the subject came up at an IOC executive meeting last month in Denver.

There was an appeal for a joint bid between baseball and softball interests, but International Softball Federation president Don Porter turned his nose up at the idea.