APNewsBreak: Fiesta Bowl fined $1m, stays in BCS - Yahoo! News
"WASHINGTON – The Fiesta Bowl will be allowed to remain part of the Bowl Championship Series, though it must pay a $1 million fine for apparent illegal campaign contributions and inappropriate spending.
The BCS presidential oversight committee, which made the decision Wednesday, also attached several conditions as it let the Fiesta Bowl remain part of the system for deciding college football's national champion. The demands include strengthening the Fiesta Bowl's board and imposing greater supervision of bowl executives so the problems are not repeated, according to materials obtained by The Associated Press.
"The message is they had cleaned house and addressed their problems, but our group doesn't believe they went far enough," Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS, said in a telephone interview with the AP. He added that the $1 million fine was meant to reflect the "serious nature of the matter." ...
"WASHINGTON – The Fiesta Bowl will be allowed to remain part of the Bowl Championship Series, though it must pay a $1 million fine for apparent illegal campaign contributions and inappropriate spending.
The BCS presidential oversight committee, which made the decision Wednesday, also attached several conditions as it let the Fiesta Bowl remain part of the system for deciding college football's national champion. The demands include strengthening the Fiesta Bowl's board and imposing greater supervision of bowl executives so the problems are not repeated, according to materials obtained by The Associated Press.
"The message is they had cleaned house and addressed their problems, but our group doesn't believe they went far enough," Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS, said in a telephone interview with the AP. He added that the $1 million fine was meant to reflect the "serious nature of the matter." ...
