The NBA has allowed players to participate in the Olympics since the 1992 Games in Barcelona. The NHL followed suit in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. The NFL will permit its players to play flag football in in Los Angeles in 2028.
That leaves Major League Baseball as the final holdout among the four major North American men's sports leagues, despite baseball's three-decade history as part of the Olympic program. On Tuesday, commissioner Rob Manfred signaled that MLB may be willing to change that.
