The enormous salaries and buyouts among top college football coaches has gotten the attention of Congress.

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.) recently introduced a bill — the Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring (COACH) Act — aimed at capping what coaches can be paid.

The bill would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure that “the total annual compensation paid, promised, or provided to any athletics department employee does not exceed 10 times the institution’s tuition and required fees for a first-time, full-time undergraduate for the most recent academic year.”

Fired LSU football coach Brian Kelly is owed $54 million. Getty Images

LSU fired football coach Brian Kelly on Sunday. While buyout terms were being negotiated, he was set to be ow

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