Replying to Conyers, Selig rejected the conflict-of-interest charge and the suggestion that the Brewers would benefit financially from the Twins' demise.

He faces a two-year jail sentence if he returns to Thailand, after being convicted in absentia on a conflict-of-interest charge.

In May two incumbents were unseated and in August the board president was removed by Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew amid conflict-of-interest charges.

A Duval County grand jury indicted Mr. Taylor in January on a conflict-of-interest charge stemming from his efforts to obtain a $4.4 million grant to build a convention center hotel in Jacksonville.

That way the coach would not be left open to conflict-of-interest charges.

The board has not had a ninth member since the Chancellor removed its former president, Barbara Johnson, last fall amid conflict-of-interest charges.

Before Baldwin's abrupt departure, the last time a U.S.O.C. president left in the middle of a term was in 1991, when Bob Helmick was forced to resign amid conflict-of-interest charges.

Ms. Druyun was fired from Boeing, and then pleaded guilty to conflict-of-interest charges and was sentenced to a nine-month prison term.

In 1991, Robert H. Helmick stepped down amid conflict-of-interest charges.