Posted November 28th, 2008 at 8:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

This is Part IV in TheFinalSprint.com’s seven-part series entitled “Dysfunction Run Amuck: USA Track & Field and the Need for Change”. To check out the first three parts and/or to view the publication timeline for remaining installments in the series, please scroll to the bottom of this article.

Lynn Cannon’s Allegations and The Call for Change

Regardless of lingering questions of USATF’s sovereignty amid USOC demands, few people in or outside the organization question that change is sorely needed.

USATF National Secretary Lynn Cannon has been one of the most vocal proponents of reform in recent months. At the USATF Associations workshop on August 23, 2008, in Indianapolis, Cannon made several serious allegations about members of the USATF Board of Directors. Most pointedly, Cannon accused three committee chairs, all board members, of what she called “financial mismanagement” without naming them.

According to a transcript of Cannon’s remarks circulated widely in private e-mail and posted on Masterstrack.com, there were “expenditures which in the professional opinion of the CFO should be brought to the attention of ... READ MORE

Dysfunction Run Amuck:
USA Track & Field and the Need for Change

• 11/20 - Introduction
• 11/21 - How Did We Get Here?
• 11/25 - USOC Mandates / A Question of Authority
• 11/28 - Cannon’s Allegations / Financial Mismanagement
• 11/29 - ‘Jets vs. Sharks’ Dynamic / Racial Tensions
• 12/02 - Overstepping / Conflicts of Interest
• 12/03 - Pres. Election / Logan / Restructuring