With all the recent publicity about the firing of Coach Bobby Petrino, I must share something I witnessed wednesday evening while attending a joint meeting of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Parks, Travel and Tourism Commission and Highway Commission. We were all invited to a wonderful evening reception and dinner at the NW Arkansas Botanical Garden. After dinner, UofA Chancellor, Dave Gearhart was the speaker/MC. He began by acknowledging the media coverage of the firing reminding us he could say very little because of the pending appeal process. However, he did say “I have never been so proud of a University of Arkansas employee than I was of Athletic Director, Jeff Long for the way he handled all aspects of this high profile situation.” With that, approximately 300 people gave a standing applause of unanimous approval.
Clearly, the entire leadership deserves praise for making Arkansas proud … proud of the courage, integrity and character it took to stand on principle … the “Do Right Principle”.
Jeff Long is my hero of the week
Jim Dailey 
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