Ex-Fiesta Bowl chief Junker pleads guilty PHOENIX, Ark., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Former Fiesta Bowl Executive Director John Junker has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of solicitation to commit fraud schemes, prosecutors in Arizona said. Officials said Tuesday Junker entered the plea in Maricopa County Superior Court a little less than a year after he was fired as the college football event's longtime chief. Investigators determined Junker had instituted a financial scheme to reimburse at least $46,539 in improper political campaign contributions made by Fiesta Bowl employees. An NCAA probe revealed Junker and his staff committed a long list of infractions, which in cost him his job in March 2011. The Bowl Championship Series fined the Fiesta Bowl $1 million but allowed it to remain in the BCS stable.