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Get softball back in the olympics!

Get softball back in the olympics!

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 2 months ago
Recently a short list of sports to be considered for the 2020 Olympics was released. Softball was on it. Softball has been removed from the sports for the 2012 and 2016 olympic games. Please read here as to why softball doesn't have a great chance of coming back to the olympics: http://espn.go.com/espnw/mobile/touch/news-opinion/6740436/softball-long-road-2020

Softball is a very popular sport in my town during the summer. A lot of 

people play recreational league for fun. My high school and the other high 

schools around mine have very competitive softball teams. 

This is my 7th year playing. I'm going into my freshman year of high school

 and I will play for my school team, I can't wait.

When I go to college, I plan on playing softball there.

I also want to represent the USA softball team in the olympics someday

I know I'm not the only teenage girl who dreams of going to the olympics. I 

know that many other teenage softball players dream of someday 

representing their country in the olympics.

We can't fufil our dreams without the help of others. It doesn't matter who

 they may be. Our family, our team mates, softball lovers, ex-olympians,

 even just somebody who loves to watch the olympic games.

I hope to get a lot of signatures on this which may help convince the IOC 

that softball is worth it.

Even if softball doesn't get put in the 2020 games, when I would be

 22, I could still have a chance of playing in the 2024 or 2028 games.

I feel so bad for the ladies who had the dream of playing softball in the

 olympics, but can't because the years that they would have been a good

 age, 2012 or 2016, don't have softball.


Thanks for taking your time to read this.

Please help out softball players. 

Every signature counts.

Updates

July 2, 2012

I have been reading through the thoughtful comments many of you left about what this sport has meant to your own lives. It is clear that the desire to see softball return to the world stage is shared by people from all walks of life. This collective passion reminds me why this goal remains so important to pursue even when the path ahead seems uncertain.

July 2, 2012

Seeing this movement grow beyond my own team has been a deeply humbling experience. It is clear that so many others share the same hope of seeing softball back on the international stage. This response proves that our collective aspiration for the future of the game is truly justified.

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Oceahanna Haupy
10 years ago Featured

Softball should be on the Olympics. My dream is to go to the Olympics for softball as a pitcher and win a gold medal. Not just one, three reach for the stars and of you miss you'll land appon the moon. I'm 12 and softball will be in the Olympics. Its my dream and it will happen

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Jessica Foster
14 years ago Featured

my daughter has played since she was 6 and she works so hard. taking softball out is just wrong. bring it back for the girls who want to compete at the top level.

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Mike Rao
14 years ago Featured

SOFTBALL IS THE BEST SPORT EVER. OLYMPICS WITHOUT IT IS BOGUS. FIX THIS NOW.