"Jim Easton" is a Scottish former professional association footballer and manager. He played for Hibernian F.C./Hibernian and Dundee F.C./Dundee and was player/manager of Queen of the South F.C./Queen of the South. He also played for the Miami Toros in the North American Soccer League (1968–84)/NASL and also managed the Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–84)/Vancouver Whitecaps for their first two seasons.

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It's discouraging for softball, ... This may be painful for me and my company. But I think it would have been worse if I'd voted — to have someone with a financial interest in softball voting for it.

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The United States should be on the board, but there's no rule. The chips fall where they may when you have these elections. It's just a confluence of events that come together. Sometimes you can't beat it. I was disappointed. I let down the U.S. by not being able to keep a place on there.

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I think he's positioning himself for the future. Some of the fury will have subsided, and everyone will be a little more receptive to change. Unless there's a problem they're not addressing, I think all the sports that are in now should stay. For this vote I think the message is, Shape up or ship out.

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[The waiting-list sports have been lobbying for their cause, and rugby appears to have created the strongest buzz, with golf running second.] There's a lot of talk about rugby sevens being the first one in, ... My issue was with Augusta, not golf.

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