WASHINGTON (AP) – Nine of the 11 members of an NCAA panel that will help decide the Fiesta Bowl’s fate attended a bowl-sponsored retreat that included free meals, resort rooms and golf outings.
The nine names all showed up on a 2008 “Fiesta Frolic” attendee list obtained by Playoff PAC. The group, which advocates switching to a playoff system to determine a national college football champion, shared the list with The Associated Press.
The panel is scheduled to meet with Fiesta Bowl officials this week in New Orleans, but won’t make a decision until later this spring. The NCAA has the authority to revoke the bowl’s license.
An internal report by the bowl last month detailed widespread lavish and inappropriate spending, leading to the firing of CEO and president John Junker.
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