EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

October 2, 2008 -

Larry Probst, Chairman of the Board of Electronic Arts, has been named the new Chairman of the United States Olympic Committe, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.

Probst succeeds former Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth in the post and will likely lead efforts to bring the 2016 games to Chicago.

A press release on the USOC website offers reaction from the 58-year-old Probst:

I am honored to have the opportunity to serve an organization and a movement that makes such a significant difference in our world today. This is a movement built upon the spirit and dedication of athletes, and the selfless commitment of volunteers. By working closely with my fellow Board members, the USOC staff and the greater Olympic family in our country, my goal as Chairman is to preserve and strengthen opportunities for all those who wish to participate in this important endeavor.

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Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by metroidprimegmr on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 20:42.

Larry Probst = Water Bishop? OMG the Pattern's real!

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Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by Mr. Stodern on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 14:53.

In a word: Shit.

Oh well, it's not like I ever cared about the Olympics anyway...

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by hellfire7885 on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 07:21.

SO, hbowl ong before we need ot pay for each event we watch?

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by Ragnaar on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 10:41.

We'll get a basic set of events to watch, but if we want the Field Games expansion pack, it'll cost extra... then the other 12 expansion packs on top of that.

As for the athletes themselves, they'll have to go through an online verification system each time they compete in an event, assuming the Olympic servers are up. If not, then they won't be able to play... or if they find a way to do so, it will not count.

I could go on...

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by Frank on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 01:53.

"I am honored to have the opportunity to serve an organization and a movement that makes such a significant difference in our world today." In his first sentence is a mistake. The olympics don't make any difference in the world. They used to bring about a brief period of peace. I don't quite think the Russians remembered that. "my goal as Chairman is to preserve and strengthen opportunities for all those who wish to participate in this important endeavor." Again important is not a word I associate with the Olympics. So some people are more fit then others, what difference does it make?

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by onewngdang on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 01:59.

In all fairness, Georgia tried to pull a sneak attack on South Ossetia and admitted to doing so because of the Olympics.

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by shady8x on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 01:27.

So basically, all the athletes are going to make the event a success and he is going to:

Put tacking devices in them without their knowledge which can't be removed without major surgery, its to make sure that only those who are registered can participate

A small fraction of the devices will give out debilitating electrical shocks since you can't make a device that works well with everyone's organs, some people may need to be brought back from the dead...

Make athletes pay a fee to him personally for participating

Not let them compete in more than one event unless a new fee is paid for a new registration

Not let any country submit more than 3 athletes without additional fees... and up it to 5 if the countries complain or threaten to boycott his companies’ products...

Pretend that only nations that paid his personal fees will have athletes at the Olympics and ignore that all the countries that didn't pay get to send as many as they like without any restrictions...

Disqualify Athletes if they talk about the Athlete Restriction Management (ARM) devices that he is going to put in them...

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by Parallax Abstraction on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:05.

So how long until we see lobbying to make the Olympics a yearly event with minor changes being made each year but requiring new facilities to be built in a new city each time?

Parallax Abstraction
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by E. Zachary Knight on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:13.

So, how do you propose they add DRM to the Olympics?

E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091

E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by Aliasalpha on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 07:22.

How about intensive, invasive and continual NSA background checks of you and anyone you know that continue for years after competing which are agreed to in the fine print when you sign up or agreed to implicitly by merely mentioning the word olympics?

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by shady8x on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 01:29.

Basically, all the athletes are going to make the event a success and he is going to:

Put tacking devices in them without their knowledge which can't be removed without major surgery, its to make sure that only those who are registered can participate

Make athletes pay a fee to him personally for participating

Not let them compete in more than one event unless a new fee is paid for a new registration

Not let any country submit more than 3 athletes without additional fees... and up it to 5 if the countries complain or threaten to boycott his companies’ products...

Pretend that only nations that paid his personal fees will have athletes at the Olympics and ignore that all the countries that didn't pay get to send as many as they like without any restrictions...

Disqualify Athletes if they talk about the Athlete Restriction Management (ARM) devices that he is going to put in them...

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by DeepThorn on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:56.

No, they will do worse, they will put ads all over the olympians, all over the locations, scrolling ads at the bottom of the screen during coverage, and commercials every 5 minutes. That is how it makes money, and thats all this guy is good at. If anything, he may somehow get your TV to turn on and to the olympics even when you dont want to watch them.

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Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by DaMirrorLink on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:10.

damn you beat me to it haha

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by Clever on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:47.

Let's just say I'm a bit concered how they'll treat athletes that win more than 3 medals...

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by JQuilty on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:40.

NBC puts in a broadcast flag.

Re: EA Chairman Will Head U.S. Olympic Committee

Submitted by TaoJeannes on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 21:10.

The corrupt leading the corrupt...

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prh99: Well they are probably doing it on Twitter and probably the GG hashtag so any voice reason gets drowned out by idiocy. Also it's far easier to broad brush a group.10/19/2014 - 10:41am

Wonderkarp: dont fool yourself, Technogeek. Remember Mass Effect 3? How about the ferver against Phil Fish?10/19/2014 - 10:18am

MechaTama31: None of which is the fault or responsibility of the people who are not trolling, harassing, threatening, doxxing, etc. So why is their opinion hostage to the people who are?10/19/2014 - 10:06am

Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am

Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm

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Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm

Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm

Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm

Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm

Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm

Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm

ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm

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Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm

MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am

Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am

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