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Dysfunction Run Amuck Part III: USOC Mandates and A Question of Authority | TheFinalSprint.com

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Posted November 25th, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

This is the third article in a seven-part series titled Dysfunction Run Amuck: USA Track & Field and the Need for Change”.
In case you missed them, make sure to go back and read part one & part two, as well. To view a publication timeline for the entire series, please scroll to the bottom of this article.

USA Track & Field at Critical Crossroads - By Steven Schiff - TheFinalSprint - Small copy
From 2003 to 2005, under pressure from the U.S. Congress to clean up its act, the scandal-ridden United States Olympic Committee (USOC) took a number of drastic steps to address its own dysfunction. Among other measures, USOC reduced its board of directors from 123 members to 11.

USA Track & Field CEO Doug Logan told Track & Field News (November, 2008), “the USOC itself went through a very uncomfortable internal restructuring process.” He added, “The Congress required USOC to modify the way they did things, and to restructure [itself] and to modernize into a body that can do the business of sports in the 21st century. They went through huge changes on the governance and management sides, and they have required... READ MORE

 

Dysfunction Run Amuck:
USA Track & Field and the Need for Change



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