Barnhart exits plan for UK's high-salary sports workforce role amid backlash
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UK athletic director Mitch Barnhart has withdrawn from a proposed $950,000-per-year executive role in UK Sport and Workforce Initiative after backlash from Gov. Beshear and others; with his June retirement as athletic director approaching, the university will finalize departure terms funded by private sources.
Topics:sports#beshear#controversy#education#mitch-barnhart#university-of-kentucky#workforce-initiative
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