Let’s take a look at the recent audits of four other NGBs. Note that none of them were green in every category.
Spoiler alert: The USOPC audited 10 NGBs last year and none of them were green in every category. Several of them were red in several areas. USATF having a deficiency somewhere is basically guaranteed.
Despite the threats being made to our athletes, there is absolutely no reason to believe that having a deficiency in the audit will result in an immediate loss of funding from the USOPC.