The IOC "froze financial support to Kenya on Thursday after the country's troubled Olympic Committee refused to make changes to its constitution -- a decision that could lead to a ban," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. The IOC said that it would discuss the matter at its exec board meeting in PyeongChang this week to decide on any further action. The IOC "wants a series of new regulations addressing issues of good governance" within the National Olympic Committee of Kenya, which has been "dealing with problems regarding doping, mismanagement and political pressure for some time." But the NOCK has "yet to approve them." National Olympic committees divide up about $1B in IOC revenues every four years, "their share from the marketing revenues of the Olympics while the IOC also supports thousands of athletes, coaches and staff through its Olympic solidarity fund." The IOC said, "The IOC is now putting on hold all payments of subsidies to the NOC of Kenya until a decision of the IOC Executive Board is taken at its meeting next week" (REUTERS, 3/9).
