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Making The Rounds: Reaction To The Laughable $1 Million Fine To The Fiesta Bowl

Did the BCS get it right with Fiesta Bowl? | No 2 Minute Warning

That’s the question everyone  is debating this week, following word that the BCS fined the Fiesta Bowl a sum of $1 million as punishment for improper activities being performed under and by former Fiesta Bowl CEO and president John Junker. 

Fiesta Bowl gets BcS reprieve, fined a cool million | CollegeFootballTalk

In the aftermath of a scandal that included illicit campaign contributions, questionable spending and the firing of its longtime CEO, the Fiesta Bowl's future place amongst the BcS rotation was very much up in the air.

Fiesta Bowl loses $1 million, but keeps its BCS credentials (Now watch this drive) - Dr. Saturday - NCAAF Blog 

One million dollars is not nothing: It represents approximately 1/23rd of the Fiesta Bowl's reported assets (although those figures are prior to hosting January's BCS Championship Game) and will be donated to Arizona youth charities that were supposed to be getting it in the first place.

Fiesta Bowl Stays In BCS, Glendale Dodges Another Bullet - SB Nation Arizona

The Fiesta Bowl will remain part of the BCS system. A fine and other reforms were handed down from the NCAA.

Fiesta Bowl Stays In BCS, Glendale Dodges Another Bullet - SB Nation Arizona

The Fiesta Bowl will remain part of the BCS system. A fine and other reforms were handed down from the NCAA.

Fiesta Bowl Can Stay In BCS Without Penalty - Team Speed Kills

The BCS ruled that the Fiesta Bowl can remain a part of the cartel's system.

Looking At The Actual Fiesta Bowl Ruling; Without The Customary Playoff Bias

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The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Tilting Away From Corruption Since 2011, Mostly - SBNation.com

The NCAA calls the BCS sanctions against the Fiesta Bowl a step in the right direction, for very small values of "step". 

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