Fidelity Means Business

• Posted by Adam Warner
• on December 16th, 2009

No gambling really must mean NO GAMBLING at Fidelity. Four guys lost their jobs, apparently for serious violations way more serious than forgetting to activate Brandon Marshall last week.

Said Fidelity spokesman Vin Loporchio: “We have clear policies that relate to gambling. Participation in any form of gambling through the use of Fidelity time or equipment or any other company resource is prohibited. … We want our employees to be focused on our customers and clients.”

So what specifically did these guys do to get canned? Here’s some guy “Pettigrew” (not related as far as I know to the Lions tight end I almost added before he went on IR).

Pettigrew] said he never sent any fantasy football emails at work or using his work email address. But the investigators found two instant messages that had fantasy football-related material.

“One of my buddies sent me something about how bad Trent Edwards(notes) was playing or something like that,” Pettigrew said. “So they called me in and talked to me for about 90 minutes on everything I ever knew about fantasy football.”

I hope Fidelity used this as an excuse to can guys they wanted to get rid of anyway, otherwise it’s a bit extreme. But if I worked at Fidelity I’m thinking I’m not the one going to send out the link to the bracket pool in March.

In an unrelated story, Young Warner got Madden10 last night. Was supposed to be a gift for me I think, somehow I didn’t get to take a snap. He did manage to run Reggie Bush wild against the Lions without my help.

Anyway, I’m long Chris Johnson for the cover of Madden11. He has “Bo Jackson Techmo Bowl” cultural status written all over him.

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