Fiesta Bowl: $1 million fine, stays in BCS

by **Pony!Poni!Pone'!** » Wed May 11, 2011 2:10 pm

that's it?

Havent read the whole article, but I think someone said "we had...what amounts to some shoddy bookkeeping issues...we feel we run basically a clean bowl..."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6527759

by **ponylb** » Wed May 11, 2011 2:46 pm

It appears the Sgt. Schultz excuse worked again with the NCAA.

by **GiddyUp** » Wed May 11, 2011 4:00 pm

Another wow - unreal

by **peruna81** » Wed May 11, 2011 5:11 pm

well, that sure fixed the problem...

by **skyscraper** » Wed May 11, 2011 5:19 pm

Disappointed, but certainly not surprised.

by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:10 pm

Jerry is crying somewhere

by **Arkpony** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:52 pm

by **SMU Pony Mom** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:59 pm

Thought I remember hearing that several members of the NCAA investigating the Fiesta Bowl all had received perks from said bowl in the past. This should not be a surprise to anyone!

by **No Quarter** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:40 am

I don't see the fuss. Sounds like all they were doing was practicing an little for an eventual Oympic bid.

by **stc9** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:48 am

Does anyone else see the irony in this? The Fiesta Bowl is given a $1 Million fine. The money is going to charity. As a non-Profit entity isn't that where they were supposed to spend their money anyway? This BCS Committee's punitive action was to make the Fiesta Bowl do its job.

by **RockStang** » Fri May 13, 2011 9:37 am

stc9 is absolutely right. Almost all of the bozos on the Committee charged with reviewing and determining punishment were previously guests at a golf,booze and hos? outing at Pebble in Cali on Fiestas dime.