Fired Because of a Packers tie!

It seems a little extreme to me to fire someone just because they happen to like the rival team over the hometown team last I checked this still is supposed to be a free country and you can like whatever team you want to like, but depending where you live it may not be a smart idea to broadcast it as you said, but I don't think that is something you should lose you job over. I did go to a yankees and phillies game must of been about 10 years ago now back when the yankees were the best team in the league and we lost that game and some crazy philles fan probably had too much to drink and yelled something at me I guess, because I had my yankees shirt on and another yankees fan behind me said something like see you in the playoffs and this was back when the phillies were not as good as they are now, but it just shows you how crazy some fans can get, especially in that city.

I think we all got equel rights to like or dislike someone. This incident was not a good example for sure, I support a team or like a team but that does not mean I hate others or I should just love only my team. It's all about choice. If there was any policy and that guy voilated the policy than it was ok but otherwise it was a cruel act from teh company. Being at his place I would file a case against company for sure. This is insult. Thank you for sharing.

I read about this. The guy thought that his boss was just joking and it really surprised him when he found out he was serious. I would have thought the same thing. I think that this is discrimination and it is just ridiculous that he got fired for something so petty. I don't even like football and I can't understand how some people could find it this important.

I think that there should be some consideration when one is at work as to what they represent. I think that having a favorite team is great but if you are running a business that caters to a wide range of customers...you can just about bank on losing some of them over something like that. People are very passionate about their teams..lol..

I think it was wrong for this salesmaen to get fired for having a Packer tie on in Bears country! We have rights to cheer for our team and wear a tie or what ever clothing we want! I don't you can fire a person for this! If not this Packer fan better sue! This is not right!

On one hand, I think it's wrong that this person had to get fired for just wearing a tie that showed a different affiliation, and that he had to lose his source of income for that. But... I like hearing stories about how fanatic some sports fans are...