I'm late to the party, but a ton of people have made a big deal about how much money USATF spends to send all of these athletes to Worlds...
The LOC actually covers airfare and hotel for the athletes. Not USATF, not Nike money.
http://www.iaaf.org/eventbidding/iaaf-events/iaaf-world-championships
"• Pay travel and full-board accommodation costs for the quota athletes (approximately 2,000) for a maximum of 13 nights in a 4* hotel;"
USATF still does spend plenty of money on the athletes. Obviously the training camp would not be covered by the LOC, and they have to send a lot of coaches/doctors/administrators/etc to the meet.
One of the issues here is that USATF is really only providing athletes with competition gear, yet requiring them to basically wear only Nike stuff for an extended period of time. I know it seems like a lot when you make your first team, but it's really not that much stuff... definitely not enough stuff to train in leading up to Worlds. It's a BS move to require athletes to train in Nike gear and not give it to them, when you KNOW that a good chunk of these athletes have other sponsors and literally do not own anything that meets your requirements.
In other news, Nick says that the date with Paris Hilton was a publicity stunt, this is not:
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/252141-FloTrack-Throwdown-2015/video/791427-Nick-Symmonds-Will-Not-Sign-USATF-Contract#.VcV_fouK9YM
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