The Olympics are about celebrating heroics and heroes. Mr. Easton proved unable to rise to such standards. I'm not saying that any other members of the IOC are justified, just that Mr. Easton clearly failed to even try, and shall forever be remembered as a common rich fool who will vanish into obscure mediocrity.
-W
Very far from what really happened!
Mourning the loss of softball as an Olympic sport - Los Angeles TimesThe vote ended in a tie, with one abstention, an abstention that proved a rare display of ethical rectitude by an IOC member faced with a conflict of interest. It came from U.S. member Jim Easton, whose company makes and sells much of the softball equipment used worldwide.