[Tacoma, WA] Teen fired after wearing Broncos jersey to work

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by ERIC WILKINSON / KING 5 News

Posted on January 21, 2014 at 5:58 PM

Updated today at 8:10 AM

Nathaniel Wentz has football in his blood. He and his dad have bonded over the victories and heartbreaks on the gridiron since Nathaniel was just 3 years old.

"I’m a die hard," said Nathaniel.

"We're very passionate about it," added his father, Randall.

On Sunday those passions were tested when Nathaniel was told to go home and change his shirt after coming to work in a Denver Broncos jersey. He says the manager at the Odyssey 1 family entertainment center in Tacoma invited employees to wear jerseys to work on game day to show off their team spirit. Apparently, however, he only meant Seahawks jerseys.

"I thought, wow. Really?" said the elder Wentz.

The father says he asked to talk to the owner, who didn’t call back, so Nathaniel stayed home. The next day he found out he had been fired.

full: http://www.king5.com/news/local/Teen-fired-after-wearing-Broncos-jersey-241386031.html

[Egalitarian Thug]

1. AT least this kid will get the double benefit of watching the wannabes be humiliated

while collecting funemployment. The advantage of the McJob is that there's always another one around the corner.

[Ken Burch]

2. This is about ONE asshole fast-food manager...not every Seahawks fan on the planet.

The person who did it probably thinks he can go up the ladder by being as much of a hardass as possible.

As a Seahawks fan, I say that this place should apologize to the kid and hire him back, with a raise.

Oh, and...don't count your chickens, Eg-the 49ers thought THEY had it locked up, too.

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. Well, I was rooting for the 9ers because they had no chance, but they folded too early.

This season has been pretty good for us, so this game has more than the fact that my newest Super Bowl Champions shirt is getting pretty threadbare riding on it.

Seattle has a very impressive one-dimensional team and before the Broncos pushed the Pats around for three hours, I was leaning toward just watching this one with the hopes that it would being entertaining. Last week's game showed a glimpse of the difference between the conferences.

The Super Bowl was last Sunday, and the money agrees, look at how many pros jumped on the early line. The odds makers gave Seattle the Madden Edge (Offense wins games, defense wins championships), but most people recognize that it's a new game from when John could walk the sideline, and Jackson/Lynch are not likely to be able to keep up.

[pacalo]

6. The Seahawks look very impressive to me.

This Super Bowl is going to be a close game & I'm counting the days to watch it. We're having homemade Hooters wings & several dips (probably 7-layer taco dip & spinach/artichoke dip) & chips.

I'm pulling for Denver because I've liked Peyton Manning since I first saw him on local tv when he was just a young kid; our local media covered the Manning family regularly since Archie Manning has lived here.

There will be two strong teams playing this year; either team could win.

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Yay for stupid sports-based tribalism!

[pacalo]

4. We've become too petty minded as a society.

The owner is a bully as well.

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. Paul Allen? n/t