I am optimistic that this unified effort by our softball delegation will show Mr. Rogge and the IOC Members that almost three months after the vote, we remain committed to getting our sport back on the 2012 program, just as we've always been dedicated to growing softball globally and keeping it as a world-class sport that projects the Olympic image and ideals -- especially its promotion of women.
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For too long we have been identified with baseball. We are a completely separate and independent sport and only should be judged on the basis of what is factual and not by association or politics.Don Porter
Don Porter , the American head of the international softball federation, said he did not expect his sport to get the ax. Absolutely not, ... I thought, based on my discussions here with IOC members over the last five days, that we had good support. I'm very surprised. We've been good for the Olympic program, but sometimes the game of politics enters into it.
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having done very well in the last 10 years in developing softball not only in the international level but also in the national level.
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We provide a lot of softball equipment and technical assistance to China and we are also sending coaches. It is very important to get young people interested in it.
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I am encouraged by recent media reports that the IOC President has expressed the possibility of reconsideration of the decision in Singapore in that there were precedents for the full IOC to reconsider a decision,'
Don Porter
I think anti-Americanism was a factor. I think that vote was political. It wasn't about a sport. It had do with a political situation to protect the president. It hurts our sport and it hurts our athletes.
Don Porter
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