Lobbying is an ever-present facet of U.S. politics. To put it simply, those who can afford to participate, pay teams of professionals to schmooze politicians with hopes that laws will be made, broken, softened or hardened to suit their interests.
The UFC is like every other successful corporation in America. Over the past decade they’ve utilized lobbying in attempts to affect US laws. But who, what and how did they do all this lobbying? And how effective was it? That’s what this series hopes to find out.
Over the coming weeks you’ll find lobbying reports detailing what lobbyists have been paid to do on behalf of the UFC.