The fact that they didn't pony up the money for Knibb to fly first class last minute to Miami and used an excuse that they didn't want to set a precedent (of supporting their number 1 ranked athlete who has Olympic commitments that got canceled? -- how often does that happen?) suggests to me a serious tightening of the purse strings. So I hope there is even a PTO worth considering next year. -- source for this the triathlon hour podcast.

So either someone dropped the ball there, or they were already overbudget and someone calling the financial shots isn't happy with them. If that's not the case, it seems like a big missed opportunity over small concerns about "who pays" when there's a huge breaking story you can suddenly factor into the race.

Point being, I wonder how much these athletes are really factoring in "next year" or just getting the money that's promised to them this year because they see the writing on the wall.