The most important issue, Ms. Docktor said, is that organization officials are able to contact volunteers at all times.

But he blamed the promoters as well as the sanctioning organization officials.

Varying amounts were given to other parties depending on their size, organization officials said.

"Everything we wanted and everything he never had the immodesty to advertise himself as," said one organization official.

Canceling the contract, organization officials say, will cost them at least $425,000, about a third of the group's operating budget.

Children under the age of 17 and foreign government and international organization officials and their accompanying immediate family members are exempt from this requirement.

His name has been submitted to the Senate for confirmation, and organization officials expect Subia to be approved in the next few months.

According to organization officials, the movement functions on a campaign basis, including political parties, NGO's and social networks.

Asked directly whether Saberhagen had done anything that would preclude his returning next season, a top organization official said, "He's hurt himself."

"He'd hit a wall every start," said one organization official.