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US Olympic Committee pressures track federation on reforms - USATODAY.com

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Mammone   Jun 14th 2008, 9:05pm
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6/14/08

The U.S. Olympic Committee is pressuring USA Track & Field to reform its bulky organization and has set a June 24 deadline for the federation to submit a plan.

If the deadline is not met, the USOC has threatened sanctions ranging from cutting off funding - some $2 million this year - to decertification.

The warning was part of a strongly worded letter sent from USOC chief executive officer Jim Scherr to Bill Roe, the USATF's president and interim executive director.

"The tone of the letter is a reflection of just how seriously we take this," USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel said in a telephone interview Friday.



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