Brittanee's Blog

This has become an issue this year. The IOC, International Olympic Committee, has decided to kick softball and baseball out of the 2012 Olympics. I researched this topic earlier this year for a presentation I had to give in my Current Issues Business of Sports class. I found different reasons for softball's elimination compared to baseball's elimination. However, softball's elimination basically was determined by the competition between teams. The IOC thinks that the USA women's team is too good to play in the Olympics. Baseball's elimination is based on poor resources. There are many countries who can't afford to buy the things that are essential to play the game. This is the first year since 1936 when a sport was eliminated from the Olympic games.

These two sports are could possibly be replaced with rugby, golf, karate, squash, and roller skate sports. The 2016 Olympics are still up in the air about reinstating baseball and softball. Baseball is America's past-time sport and there are too many fans that will be disappointed if this sport is permanently eliminated.