The article is filled with "finger pointing" and references as to how important the business end is in regards to running the not-for-profit USOC.
Abject anger over the USA losing the Chicago 2016 Games is rampant!
The only person who put up a rational statement was Skip Gilbert of USA Triathlon who put the focus on the athletes rather than the money."
From NPR:
"Sports is not rocket science," adds Logan. "But by the same token, it is a business in and of itself that has got its own set of relationships, which are rather unique. And to fill both of those jobs by individuals who have no knowledge or experience with sports — that's got to be rethought."
The U.S. Olympians Association, which represents 6,000 current and former American Olympic athletes, has similar concerns.
"They have a great understanding of how a corporation should be run, but unfortunately that is not what we have here," says Willie Banks, a former Olympic and world champion triple jumper who runs the U.S. Olympians Association. "The understanding that they lack is that this is a public trust. We don't sell anything. We raise money to put a team out on the field of play during the Olympic Games."
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The overall tone of the article makes me think that individual fortunes must have been lost by Chicago failing to capture the 2016 Games!
NGB presidents are calling for the head of the current CEO of the USOC to be severed and place on a pike and readily displayed outside the USOC headquarters next to those tacky statues.
Most of them are griping about BUSINESS, BUSINESS, BUSINESS. Whereas one lone voice, Skip Gilbert, is crying: ATHLETES, ATHLETES, ATHLETES!
I have a feeling that the inner workings of our non-profit National Governing Bodies; (Save for USA Triathlon), would greatly disturb us.
The photo above is of the USOC headquarters and are those statues really cheesy or what?
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