OK, now I'm steaming! I was under the impression that the USATF dues would be a one-time per Olympiad fee for officials; now I have found out we will be charged every year. Forget about the extra quarter million dollars USATF was going to get; it will be more like $1 million.
In the past to be an official the fee was only $25 for four years. The new structure will be $25 to be an official plus $30 per year for each of the four years of the Olympiad. I was upset when I thought it would cost us $65 but it actually is going to cost us $145, nearly six times as much as it cost for the 2004-2008 Olympiad. So USATF is going to charge us $145 for the "opportunity" to help them by working their meets. Not to mention that USATF does not pay you a dime for any meets you work for them; the only meets I've ever gotten any payment for were college meets.
Could you imagine the NFL charging people to serve as game officials, making them pay their own travel expenses to and from games, and not paying them anything at all for their service?
Maybe it's time for USATF officials to get together and fight the "good old boys" the run the officials committee.