It may seem shocking that the University of Arkansas does not have a rule against rehiring former employees it has fired for cause. Like former football coach Bobby Petrino, who departed the school in scandal in 2012 after lying about a motorcycle crash he had while riding with a former Razorbacks athlete (and football department employee) with whom he was having an affair. And whom the university has now rehired as its offensive coordinator.
Well, it does have a rule against it. But there’s also a loophole: A University of Arkansas board of trustees policy allows for an employee who has been dismissed to be rehired with approval of the president of the University of Arkansas system, who oversees 10 schools, including the flagship Fayetteville campus.
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