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Foul Game: Fired For Playing Fantasy Football


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Talk about a bad call! There's a job opening at a major investment firm in Texas because the last guy was sacked - for playing fantasy football at work.

According to a report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a "relationship manager" at a Fidelity Investments regional office was recently let go from the company because he organized a fantasy football league at work. Read the full story >>


Tags: fantasy football, FantasyFootball, fired, firing, funny business, FunnyBusiness, gambling, weird news, WeirdNews
Ed Orum

Ed Orum

Ed is a journalist who has worked for some of the largest mediaorganizations in the U.S.

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The River Rat

Playing fantasy football on the job? He got exactly what he deserved, his walking papers.

January 12 2010 at 11:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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