The Bowl Championship Series is gearing up its lobbying efforts against Washington lawmakers who want to change the way big-time college football goes about selecting its teams for the most lucrative bowls, and now some member schools are getting into the act.
Politico reports that Purdue and Michigan have spent $515,000 and $415,000 respectively, to lobby this year against a bill that aims to cut federal money for colleges that participate in a Division I-A season without a playoff.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has spent $250,000 lobbying on the issue.
One would think that universities, many of which have laid off faculty and cut classes, would have better uses for the money.
