Mary Bono resigned as USA Gymnastics interim CEO and president Monday, three days after being appointed to the role, the USOC confirmed.
Mary Bono is OUT as @USAGym interim president and CEO. In exit stmt, she defends her tweet marking out @Nike logo on her sneakers: “With respect to Mr. Kaepernick, he nationally exercised his first amendment right to kneel. I exercised mine” pic.twitter.com/qS0uaGdXyl
— Sarah Boxer (@Sarah_Boxer) October 16, 2018
Bono received criticism from Olympic champion Simone Biles on Saturday for a September tweet criticizing Nike following the release of its advertising campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.