Philadelphia man sacked following sports comment
A man working for the Philadelphia Eagles football team was sacked after he posted a Facebook comment in which he criticized the team for letting a star player leave.
Dan Leone, who was employed at the Eagles stadium as a gate chief, was
upset after he heard the team's safety Brian Dawkins signed with the
Broncos. He went on to post the following comment on Facebook: "Dan is
devastated about Dawkins signing with Denver . . . Eagles R Retarted!!"
He claims Dawkins was one of his favorite players, and that he deleted
the Eagles bashing comment on Facebook. In spite of that, the team
fired him a few days later, by phone.
Basically, it turns out he lost his job because he was a fan of the team he worked for, and took the game a bit too seriously.
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