Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic senator from Connecticut, said Wednesday that the lucrative contracts recently signed by three college football head coaches—LSU's Brian Kelly, Michigan State's Mel Tucker and Penn State's James Franklin—have attracted the attention of Congress.
Steve Berkowitz of USA Today reported those coaches signed contracts worth an estimated $280 million in combined total value, and USC's Lincoln Riley recently signed a deal rumored at $110 million. Blumenthal called the size of the agreements "outrageously astronomical."
"This latest round of contracts is...definitely getting attention in the Congress," Blumenthal told USA Today.