The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville athletic department pledged last summer to help its nonprofit fundraising arm collect more money from students "even if it's outside our job description," according to emails released under Arkansas' open-records law.
The campus, because it has more promotional might than the booster-funded Razorback Foundation, would better advertise the foundation's $15-per-year "collegiate membership" program going forward, Senior Associate Athletic Director Chris Freet told the nonprofit's director in an August email.
"We have a full-time marketing and communication teams, while RFI does not," Freet wrote, referring to Razorback Foundation Inc. "Even if it's outside our job description, we need to go above and beyond whenever possible.