Eagles Fire Employee for Calling Team 'Retarted' on Facebook

well the eagles never made him sign a waiver saying never say any negative comments about the team and all they r doing is trying to find a way to fire all the old employees any way i was tired of seeing the highlights where dawkins n constidine was running behind the receivers anyway to the endzones for touchdowns . every t.o highight showed is case in point but dawkins should be in the eagles front office not denver

The thing with firing people for something they write on there personal time is that it borders on taking away the right the freedom of press. I realize that the constitution has become a joke and the country treats the amendments like they are made to be broken. The reason why we were at one time a free country was because of these amendments that were created to protect our rights. If there is constantly something else that we can not do then it will not be long before we can do nothing. After a while there will be so many new political rules and laws that everyone will have to live very, very similar lives and that is how they treat inmates as a punishment. It is not how they should treat law abiding citizens. Personally I do not have a face book page but I think if you choose to you should be able to say what you like without consequence. If he was doing his job then he should not be fired based on a face book line that was written off the clock.

Further proof that only the ignorant use that word (and can not even spell it none the less!)
As a mother of an extremely intelligent yet mentally challenged, adorable five year old, it hits a very raw nerve deep in my soul to see and hear this word everywhere, since people use this term in the place of "dumb" "stupid or "weird" which a mentally challenged person IS NOT! One would assume that using a racial or sexist slur would get you fired as well, but this is not the case with this terrible word! I am so thrilled that people are opening their eyes and respecting that this word is just as bad as the others which have rightfully been banned!!

poppiaballa said...
"well the eagles never made him sign a waiver saying never say any negative comments about the team and all they r doing is trying to find a way to fire all the old employees".............

Wrong! EVERY company I have ever worked for had me sign a confidentiality agreement. I GUARANTEE the Eagles have it in their organization because it is mandated by the NFL. Why? Because when an employee makes a derogatory remark about the team they work for, they are in fact commenting on the league as well.
The moral of the story? Don't post your real info on Facebook...especially if you're biting the hand that feeds you.

Leone has the right to say whatever he wants of Facebook (and Twitter, btw), but he also has to deal with the consequences. He was not a contract employee, but a part-time "security" chief at the West gate.

There will be plenty of fans applying for his job in the fall who are smart enough to call the team "retarted" without leaving an electronic paper trail.

Remember, Dan, if you don't post it online, you don't have to worry about spelling it correctly!