USOC Chair Larry Probst today said he would like to see the IOC change the way it selects Olympic host cities in the future. Speaking during a one-on-one interview at the Intersport Activation Summit in S.F., Probst said he would like to see the 15-member IOC Exec Board select future Olympic host cities rather than having the entire 106-member IOC vote for the host city. Probst: “I will probably get in trouble for saying this, but (the Exec Board members) are supposedly the most sophisticated and knowledgeable people in the membership, so I would like to see the Board have more of a say.”
The USOC is considering putting forward a bid city to host the '24 Summer Games, and Probst said that he expects the organization to cut the list of cities it is considering to three during the USOC board meeting on June 10. He added, "Those cities won’t be made public. We are going to try to manage this process so no one’s feelings get hurt or no one is spending too much money on a bid. ... We have to believe we have a pretty significant chance of winning that competition. It has to be close to perfect as possible, but I think there is a feeling that the Games have to come back to the United States.”
