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Scandal brings down Arkansas football coach

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    Bobby Petrino fired after motorcycle accident exposes secret affair

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-- hair to stay up on that -- back today new details on the sex scandal that has brought down the university of arkansas' head football coach Bobby Petrino.

Arkansas' athletic director fired Bobby Petrino just last night and laid out -- laundry list of reasons why among other things he says the coach.

Abused his authority by hiring is on mistress and then lying about it.

Of course this all came to light after body betrayal and his 25 year old girlfriend as he now admits got into a serious motorcycle crash earlier this month.

While his wife and four children were not on saying.

Rick Leventhal -- with -- -- -- Katrina has zero shot -- keeping the job once he got out.

That he didn't tell the truth right and -- -- -- -- off field conduct simply outweighed his success with the razorbacks football team.

He led them to other Southeastern Conference.

How he was they were powerhouse let's face it they finished fifth in the nation last season.

They were 25 of the last two years but this married father for created a scandal by hiring -- mr.

when he federal just -- to Rel for job on the team.

He -- twenty grand in cash and try to hide the fact that Carell was on his motorcycle when he crashed in a week ago Sunday from police from -- boss.

And everyone else be athletic director was near tears as you described breaking the news -- the team.

I shared with them.

Excuse me.

-- two of them my disappointment.

And having to make the difficult decision.

Neutrino was fired with cause -- he loses his three and a half million dollar salary and an eighteen million dollar buyout clause.

And his agent Katrina as agent is speaking what we reached out to the agent trying -- an interview with Petrino he said no he said to us quote.

Nothing Bobby says right now is going to change the result and focus on the Stanley but.

Petrino did release a statement last night after aspiring saying quote the simplest response I have is I'm sorry.

All I've been able to think about as a number of people alive let down by making selfish decisions I've taken a lot of criticism in the past some deserved some not deserve this time.

I had no one to blame.

But myself he says he wants to return to the sidelines once he -- these -- -- we -- -- Rick Leventhal thank you -- -- tell -- back with a -- consultant author of the book.

-- thinking reputation and you know reputations are things that are just born.

They grow up yesterday and in his head as his did -- -- and is did at Atlanta Falcons and now here we are again in the -- Yeah and and ironically you -- or interestingly you find a school whose reputation.

Ranks higher than its football team so.

Good for the razorbacks -- as Rick said the guy won twenty games he he brought to school back to football prominence the fans begged them to keep.

Him on stand there.

But he violated school policy he lied to -- -- is he embarrassed the university and the football team so they off them.

The principle -- public relations is.

You do the right thing.

And Arkansas did just that.

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