Darryl Seibel
Darryl Seibel
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Our concerns would lie in two areas. One, the lack of communication with an athlete who ultimately will be affected by the outcome of an arbitration, and two, lawyers arguing over medals 14 months after the games are concluded is not good for the Olympic movement.
ahead exciting happy stand week
We're very happy competitively with where we stand after the first week. And we've got an exciting week ahead with some high-profile sports.
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We feel we're off to a good start. We've had a few bumps and bruises, but that's the nature of sport. We've had some surprises, some good, others not.
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I don't know enough about the concept. But until we have finalized our process and announced our process, no one is behind.
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No one is being singled out. But the accumulated effect of letting that go unchecked would hinder the ability we have to do what we do.
ask bid certain city given landscape opportunity required
If we go forward, we want to be certain that the city has an opportunity to be competitive. Given how the bid landscape has changed, we need to be certain before we ask any U.S. city to do all that is required in the bid process.
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If we had our preferences, of course we'd like all the stories to be good, strong positive stories. But even when we've had stories that are something other than that, I think the situations are being handled the right way.
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We have indicated to our athletes it is perfectly appropriate to wave the flag and when they do so they should wave it with pride and honor.
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We have asked that those cities interested in bidding for 2016 to just basically not become too active at this point. We've asked them not to start forming committees, developing logos or spending lots of money just yet. We are not telling them they can't speak about it.
broadcast matters olympic
It does matter. Not just to the U.S. Olympic Committee. It matters to the American public. It matters to our broadcast partners. Now, to us as an Olympic Committee, it is not the only thing that matters.
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It is in process and we are awaiting final approval from the organizing committee and the international federation.
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I think there is a greater level of awareness and recognition of these athletes further out from the games than we've seen in the past. I think that phenomenon really began before Salt Lake City.
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The purpose is twofold. One, to assess their willingness to speak with us and, two, if they're willing to do so, to schedule a time and date to get that done.
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Until we have announced our process, and finalized it, nobody is behind the curve.