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I think this is a sucker bet if ISF goes this route. IBAF has zero commitment from MLB to allow players to partake in the Olympics and this has been the deal-breaker since the introduced to IOC.
Those sitting on the IOC admittedly believed the vote on softball was the same as a vote on baseball. By joining forces they are just playing into the existing voluntary ignorance that I don't believe anyone in the IOC is eager to correct.
I think this is a sucker bet if ISF goes this route. IBAF has zero commitment from MLB to allow players to partake in the Olympics and this has been the deal-breaker since the introduced to IOC.
Those sitting on the IOC admittedly believed the vote on softball was the same as a vote on baseball. By joining forces they are just playing into the existing voluntary ignorance that I don't believe anyone in the IOC is eager to correct.