The NCAA has approved a three-year moratorium on new bowl games until 2019 at the earliest, according to reports Monday.
ESPN reported that members of the NCAA Division I Council are evaluating whether future bowl eligibility should be determined by teams earning a winning record or simply reaching .500.
The NCAA Division I Council's decision comes a year after there were not enough bowl-eligible teams to fill the record 41 postseason games. As a result, three teams with losing records -- Minnesota, Nebraska and San Jose State -- were awarded bowl berths, setting an NCAA record.
The NCAA ruling affects three cities trying to add bowl games in 2016 -- Austin, Texas; Myrtle Beach, S.C., Carolina and Charleston, S.C.
This is the second time in the past five years that the NCAA has issued a hold on new bowls. When the last three-year moratorium was lifted in 2014, six new bowls were added over the next two years -- the Bahamas, Boca Raton, Camellia and Miami Beach bowls in 2014 and the Arizona and Cure bowls in 2015.
