why will softball and baseball become a discontinued sport after bejing?
2008 is the last year for both baseball and softball.
In the 2005 IOC Commission in Singapore the members voted for the continuation of each sport. Baseball and Softball were the only sports from the 2004 programme that did not receive enough votes to remain in the program for the 2016 Games.
However both sports do remain in the IOC’s list of recognised sports, which means they may be again included in the Games as early as 2016
If I’m not mistaken, baseball has already been taken out. And this year is the last year for softball.
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NBC Universal Sports
2008 is the last year for both baseball and softball.
In the 2005 IOC Commission in Singapore the members voted for the continuation of each sport. Baseball and Softball were the only sports from the 2004 programme that did not receive enough votes to remain in the program for the 2016 Games.
However both sports do remain in the IOC’s list of recognised sports, which means they may be again included in the Games as early as 2016
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/commissions/programme/full_story_uk.asp?id=1437
cuz no one plays baseball!!! lol
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idk, it’s kinda stupid if you ask me, as long as the softball teams and softball lovers continue to show that we deserve to be in the Olympics then they’ll come back in 2016
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