fire someone for wearing an opponent's hat????

[Quietmaninthecorner 2,033]

you gatta' be shiping me!

http://blogs.nwaonline.com/slophouse/2010/08/radio-hosts-gators-cap-leads-to-fan-criticism-firing/

A radio host with Hog Sports Radio was apparently fired Monday after she donned a Florida Gators hat at an Arkansas press conference over the weekend.

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Typical hog fans.  they can dish it out but they can not take it.    What a bunch of wusses.

[AUFan1 0]

That's not unusual. She is a University Of Arkansas representative. The equivalent would be like working for Pepsi, but going to work wearing a Coke hat, or shirt. It's part of the uniform. When you represent someone in an official capacity like she was apparently doing, being in proper uniform is required. Really stupid on her part, but I can't say I blame Arkansas for this one.

[Legacy Tiger1345162832 0]

Per AZTiger on the other site..... she was ding this as well. Hmmm.... Interesting...

"1. The hat itself was a really dumb move (not unforgivable, just dumb).

2. She presumably wore said hat to the entire practice as well as the media session (you know since it was raining).

3. She posted on a (previously) public facebook wall that she’d rather be writing/researching Florida.

4. As of Saturday afternoon, her twitter page (where she’d encouraged Arkansas fans to follow her in her capacity as host of an Arkansas sports radio show) had a background wallpaper of ALL Florida logos.

5. On the same twitter page she had been tweeting live updates FROM Arkansas practice, where cellphones are prohibited, while her twitter followers included an Auburn coach.

6. Although I don’t follow the site and it may be purely speculation, it was rumored that her husband (and possibly the woman herself) were posting multiple comments about the incident on a specific Arkansas sports message board.

(From EDSBS)

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[AUFan1 0]

Sounds like she wanted to be fired anyway, if she was doing all of that. Oh well no sympathy from me.

[AUAeroEngineer 0]

AUFan1 has it right, or at least partially. If you work for a university you can't wear apparel of other universities. I worked at the rec center at the University of South Alabama and I wasn't allowed to wear anything Auburn. I wouldn't have been fired but I would have been disciplined

[Autigers71 0]

I am sure the thought the hat brought out the color in her eyes or some crap.

Point is....in every field you have to watch what you wear in fear that you might offend someone.

We do not wear any college stuff at my work since we are in the construction industry....you never know who you might offend.