Arkansas trustees differ over resolution that adds $15 million to athletics

×Members of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees and UA System president Jay Silveria (second from left) listen to a presentation Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Fayetteville. From left to right, board members include Ed Fryar, Kelly Eichler, Steve Cox, Ted Dickey and Randy Lawson. (J.T. Wampler/NWA Democrat-Gazette)A meeting of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees included around 40 minutes of sometimes lively debate Wednesday regarding a resolution that will add approximately $15 million in annual funds to the Razorbacks’ athletics department.

Trustee Kevin Crass expressed frustration with a lack of transparency regarding the resolution, a copy of which he said he only on the…