USA Track and Field spent $2.3 million on administrative costs in 2010, more than double
the amount of the previous year, in part because of the lawsuit filed by the CEO it fired.The federation for the country’s largest summer Olympic sport fired Doug Logan last year and he sued to have the $1.7 million left on his contract paid. An undisclosed settlement was reached this year.
Spokeswoman Jill Geer said USATF would not divulge how much of the increase in spending on “administration and governance” was attributable to the litigation but said it was part of the reason that line in the 2010 statement rose from $1.02 million to $2.3 million.
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