Not only are Eagles fans some of the worst fans to every cheer for a team, some of the fans actually work for the Eagles organization. Dan Leone, a west gate chief was more then alittle pissed off when Brian Dawkins signed with the Denver Broncos. Leone decided to update his Facebook status with the following
“Dan is [expletive] devastated about Dawkins signing with Denver … Dam Eagles R Retarted!!”
Well Dan, I would have to agree with you but that’s another conversation for another time. Now here is the real kicker, the Eagles Organization fired Leone. by telephone. They didn’t even have the common courtesy to call Leone in and fire him face to face. Now I understand that most employers don’t take kindly to employees talking bad about the company, but c’mon this is a bit much. Despite numerous apologies, Leone is still unemployed because as a fan he voiced his opinion.
9 responses so far ↓
1 frank // Mar 9, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Yea I heard about it this morning he is handicaped in a wheelchair and live very close to the stadium and his dream was to work for the eagles in any position since he was 10 yrs old a very bad decision
2 Chris from Racine // Mar 9, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I’m wondering if that could be called wrongful termination…just sayin’
3 Ick // Mar 9, 2009 at 8:33 pm
That’s a very good question..
4 Steve // Mar 10, 2009 at 8:13 am
No, companies have the right to terminate employees for damn near anything nowadays. They spend money a.k.a. investing money into you and what you do for them and then on your free time in a public forum you trash them. You as the employee shouldn’t feel that you have to keep rose colored glasses but in a public forum you should not trash your employer plain and simple. It’s one thing when with a group of friends but quite another when well over a million people can read about it. I don’t think he should have been fired but I haven’t been paying him for years just to trash me in front of millions.
Just my 2 cents.
5 Liverdamage // Mar 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm
To pick up the conversation for another time:
The Eagles will be better off without Dawkins in the longrun. They habitually draft amazing skill position players in every round of the draft.
I understand a fan wanting a franchise great to start and end his career with their team, but the nfl salary cap rarely allows for that. It is better to sell a used car a year too early than a year to late… especially when money is an object.
6 frank // Mar 11, 2009 at 11:50 am
Una entrada en la página de red social Facebook criticando a su empleador, le costó su empleo a un trabajador de operaciones del estadio de los Philadelphia Eagles, según reveló el diario Philadelphia Inquirer. Dan Leone, quien trabajaba como jefe de la entrada oeste del estadio, estaba descontento cuando el equipo dejó marcharse a Brian Dawkins para firmar con los Denver Broncos en la agencia libre. Según el diario, Leone escribió lo siguiente en su página de Facebook: “Dan está [insulto] devastado de que Dawkins haya firmado con Denver… ¡¡Malditos Eagles están retrasados!!”
Pese a haber borrado más tarde el comentario, Leone dijo al Inquirer que los Eagles lo despidieron por teléfono días después.
“No debí subirlo allí”, admitió Leone. “Estaba molesto y perdí control de mis emociones, pero no ofendí a nadie en particular, a ningún individuo. Sólo estaba molesto de que perdimos a un gran tipo. Dawkins era uno de mis jugadores preferidos. Perdimos a un gran jugador. Cometí un error”.
Leone dijo sentirse sorprendido por perder su empleo de seis años. “Me disculpé por ello”, aclaró Leone. “Me disculpé 20 millones de veces. Nunca había criticado a la organización antes. ¿Cometí un error y me liquidan? ¿Ni siquiera pudieron darme la oportunidad de ir a la oficina y hablar? ¿Tuvieron que hacerlo por teléfono? Por lo menos mírenme a los ojos. Que te suceda esto, no lo puedo creer, estoy destruido”.
Los Eagles confirmaron que Leone era empleado de medio tiempo, pero no hicieron más comentarios.
7 Steve // Mar 11, 2009 at 3:57 pm
WTF? When did this turn into ‘El Ick-os Cornero’?
8 liverdamage // Mar 12, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Я должен использовать переводчика как раз для того чтобы мочь прочитать то. Мой испанский язык всасывает хотя я хотел был бы выучить язык. Я выучу поговорить его окончательно.
9 frank // Mar 15, 2009 at 9:48 pm
yea you do need a translator rob
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