ANY IDEAS ON WHICH SPONSORS WANT TO SPEAK UP IN DC HEARINGS?

          U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is "considering holding
     a second hearing" before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
     that would "allow Olympic sponsors" to testify about the
     IOC, according to Athelia Knight of the WASHINGTON POST. 
     The committee will examine the IOC's tax-exempt status on
     April 14, and McCain spokesperson Pia Pialorsi said McCain
     is "being urged by sponsors to hold a second hearing so they
     can make it clear in a public forum their views that the
     Olympic movement needs to be cleaned up."  Yesterday, McCain
     met with IOC VP Anita DeFrantz to discuss "the progress
     being made" on IOC reform (WASHINGTON POST, 3/24).
          UNHAPPY CAMPERS: The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD's Michael
     Evans reports that sponsors of the 2000 Games "are talking
     about a massive slump in confidence" in the SOCOG.  Internal
     SOCOG market research shows that sponsors paying up to A$60M
     "say they no longer feel part of the organising team and are
     being treated more like benefactors than business partners." 
     Among the concerns are that SOCOG is not providing a
     "program profiling their products" or giving them a basis
     for a return on their investments, and that SOCOG "does not
     always meet agreed deadlines."  The survey, conducted by
     Woolcott Research, "received 35 responses from sponsors,"
     and shows that in the period from May '98 until last month
     "they became increasingly unhappy with the performance of
     SOCOG's sponsorship" management team (MORNING HERALD, 3/24).
          OLYMPIC NOTES: In Toronto, former Raptors President
     John Bitove said that he needs "more details and reform"
     from the IOC before becoming involved in Toronto's bid for
     the 2008 Summer Games (TORONTO SUN, 3/24)....Some members of
     OATH, the new athlete group funded by Magna Int'l which aims
     to make the IOC more accountable, said they were "threatened
     and personal items were stolen from their hotel" in Lausanne
     last week.  Computer disks "containing the plans and
     groundwork for OATH ... along with a videotape of their
     first OATH meeting went missing" (TORONTO STAR, 3/24).