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Janet Jackson, left, has part of her costume torn off by fellow singer Justin Timberlake during their halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston on Feb. 1.

In contrast with an earlier report, CBS said it won't employ a 10-second delay during the Final Four in San Antonio amid criticism and fines issued by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission in the aftermath of Janet Jackson's breast flash during the Super Bowl halftime show, the USA Today reported Wednesday.

"Sports events should be telecast live," CBS Sports vice president LeslieAnne Wade told USA Today on Tuesday. "Everybody is following the game on radio and other broadcast outlets [like the Internet]."

"We don't think it's necessary to do the tournament on a delay," CBS Sports president Sean McManus added.

The New York Times reported Monday that CBS executive vice president Martin Franks said the network wanted the delay during the Final Four, and also in earlier rounds of the NCAA Tournament but that the network "has yet to determine if it will be able technically to install some form of delay to its coverage of the earlier rounds."

At the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII between the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers, singers Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson were performing a song when Timberlake tore off part of Jackson's costume, revealing her right breast. The singers blamed the incident on a "wardrobe malfunction."

Franks also said CBS will institute at least a five-second delay for on-field interviews in NFL games this season, the Times reported. He cited a profane postgame interview by the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal as a reason for the move. The O'Neal-type of interview was "something we simply can't have at this point," Franks said.

CBS also is considering hiring additional executives for its standards department, an approach Fox has already taken, to help handle delays.

The House of Representatives last week approved a bill to increase fines for broadcast violations from $27,500 to $500,000 for each violation. The maximum penalty is $3 million, The Times said.

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