PHOENIX (AP) — The NCAA is delaying its decision on whether to continue sanctioning the Fiesta Bowl until later this year, saying it needs time to gather information on how the event will be managed in the future.
The NCAA said in a release on Thursday that it also wants to review the findings of a BCS task force that is examining the financial and political improprieties uncovered in a Fiesta Bowl internal investigation made public last month. That report could be finished by mid-May.
While the Fiesta Bowl is a BCS event, the NCAA sanctions all 35 bowl games. Fiesta Bowl officials are to meet with the NCAA Postseason Bowl Licensing Subcommittee next week in New Orleans. But the NCAA said no decision will be made at that time.
