U.S. Speedskating BOD Enacts New Bylaws USOC Brings In Record Total Revenue In '12 WBSC, MLB Consider Condensed Olympic Schedule FILA Looks To MMA For Wrestling Changes USA Synchro Debuts Month-Long Campaign Columnist: IOC President Should Not Be IOC Member Philly "Enthusiastically" Embraces Hosting Games USA Wresting Joins Lobbying Coalition Olympic Boxing Will Allow Pros For '16 Games USATF CEO Contract Extended Through '18
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U.S. Speedskating Changes Structure Of BOD, Trims Board Members05 / 20 / 13The U.S. Speedskating BOD on Saturday "adopted a sweeping set of new bylaws, part of an ongoing transformation to turn around an organization long hampered with internal strife," according to Jared Hopkins of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The changes include reducing the size of the BOD "from 14 to 10 -- inc... Tags: Olympics |
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USOC Brings In Record Total Revenue In '12
Increased broadcast rights fees for the London Games drove the USOC's total revenue to a record $337.4M last year, according to tax filings the organization released yesterday. The total marks a 20% increase from the $280.6M in revenue the USOC collected in ‘08, the last time a Summer Games wa ...
WBSC, MLB Consider Condensed Olympic Schedule
World Baseball Softball Confederation co-President Don Porter said that WBSC and MLBPA officials met two weeks ago to "discuss a condensed Olympic schedule that could allow major league players to participate in the Games," according to Kelly Whiteside of USA TODAY. Porter said, "We would limit the ...
FILA Looks To MMA For Wrestling Changes
Wrestling officials are "planning a makeover in a push to keep their sport in the Olympics" by "taking tips from the mixed martial arts world," according to Kelly Whiteside of USA TODAY. The sport is "thinking big and bold when it comes to showmanship," and "staged weigh-ins, walk-out music, lightin ...
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USA Synchro Debuts Month-Long Campaign
In an effort to pull synchronized swimming "from the shower-drain of sports obscurity," the sport's revamped NGB has "declared May ‘Synchro de Mayo,’ a push to expose newcomers to the sport through performances and free lessons,” according to Rachel Bachman of the WALL STREET ...
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Columnist: IOC President Should Not Be IOC Member
After IOC President Jacques Rogge last week said that his successors in the office "no longer should be volunteers but paid employees," all future IOC presidents "must be selected from a wide pool of candidates that cannot include any past or present IOC members," according to Philip Hersh of the CH ...
Philly "Enthusiastically" Embraces Hosting Games
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter yesterday in a letter told the USOC that the “Philadelphia region is ‘enthusiastically’ embracing the prospect of bidding on and hosting the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024,” according to Lubrano & Warner of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Th ...
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USA Wresting Joins Lobbying Coalition
USA Wrestling on Saturday in Las Vegas announced that it was "participating in the 'Save Olympic Wrestling Coalition,' which will work primarily behind the scenes" to convince the IOC to "reverse its decision in February to drop the sport from the games beginning in 2020," according to Steve Carp of ...
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Olympic Boxing Will Allow Pros For '16 Games
Olympic boxing “finally will go pro at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro as the international federation changed its eligibility rules to stem the exodus of talented fighters cashing in before they ever get to fight for a gold medal,” according to John Powers of the BOSTON GLOBE. The Int' ...
USATF CEO Contract Extended Through '18
Less than a year after hiring Max Siegel as its CEO, USA Track & Field's BOD has extended his contract through ‘18. Siegel, a former USATF board member and president of global operations at Dale Earnhardt Inc., signed a two-year contract with the organization when it hired him last April. ...
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Mike Plant Takes U.S. Speedskating Reins
U.S. Speedskating Chair Mike Plant yesterday said he would give the NGB's Exec Dir Mark Greenwald "a shot at showing he still (has) what is necessary to be CEO of an organization that gives him direct responsibility without board meddling," according to Philip Hersh of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Plant sai ...
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