Reuters reports that the USOC’s acting Chief Executive Stephanie Streeter notified the board that she did not intend applying for the permanent position, saying she wished to return to the corporate world.
There have been calls for further changes in USOC’s management after the failure of the Chicago 2016 bid. The US National Governing Bodies said “the US Olympic family has tried faithfully to muffle its deep concerns about the decisions and strategies made by the US Olympic Committee Board of Directors, but we can no longer stand by and watch.”
USOC chairman Larry Probst has said he will not stand down, but recognised the need for change at the top.
“We need to have a very long-term strategy in engaging ... the International Olympic Committee,” he said. “I'm talking 10, 15, 20 years.
“We have plenty of good relationships, but the reality is we don't have political capital, we don't have leverage, we don't have representation on the executive committee of the IOC.”
