USOC reform OK'd nearly unanimously

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The U.S. Olympic Committee got a jump on Congress by approving a wide-reaching reform plan Saturday to drastically change its structure and focus.
All but five of the 110 members of the USOC board of directors at the meeting approved the proposal, which will trim the board from 123 to nine members, eliminate most committees and provide stricter ethics regulations.
Congress is working on its own reform plan, but USOC officials want to start fixing things now because of the internal strife that has plagued the organization for 10 months.