You may recall last week's tale of a man, a shirt and an alleged ticked off coach .  Well, the fashion police have struck again, this time stalling the career of a young lady who just wasn't paying attention.

Renee Gork (what a great name) of KKAS tweeted that she was terminated after she wore a Florida Gators hat to an Arkansas football press conference.  She probably would have gotten away with it, to had she not chosen to ask Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino a question. After answering the question, Petrino said "and that's the last question I'll answer with that hat on."

Having covered crap loads of press conferences, I honestly believe that this was an attempt a humor.  Coaches like to razz people, that's what they do.  So, it is no surprise that Petrino made the comment.  And it would be shocking if he remembered it, Gork and the hat ten seconds after he walked from the podium.

Now, at this point, we don't know what happened, but here's my guess.  Some PR wonk from Arkansas called the PD of the station (on a Saturday) and made him aware of the situation.  He probably embellished that Petrino was upset and asked the station to police their reporters wardrobe, lest the university take action, like canceling their press credentials or limiting their access.  I've had calls like this before from upset PR guys, one or two were they were justifiably upset.  But this wouldn't be one of those calls.

If it were me, I would have told him that I can't be responsible for what people wear on Saturdays and that I would have a talk with her to remind her where she is.  That would have been the end of it right there.  Because, from a legal standpoint, that's all I could do.  And I certainly wouldn't fire an employee for wearing the wrong hat.  Yes, it was ill advised, but it's not like she was wearing a "Bobby Petrino Sucks" t-shirt.  Of course, the types that wear suits that don't understand that the pressure being brought to bear by the PR guy is a self-serving attempt for the PR to become a hero, might freak out.  I've seen that too and found it both annoying and hysterically funny.

To fire her is a joke.  The fact that the station is owned by a small, local broadcast company is very telling.  I guarantee the big boys wouldn't have reacted like this.

I've seen several blogs where people actually think Petrino had something to do with this.  If you really think a coach of a D-1 NCAA football program and a member of the SEC would spend two seconds to get some reporter from a tiny sports station fired, you've never covered sports.

So, Renee, I have two pieces of advice for you.  First, lawyer up big time.  Unless there is some other kind of problems in your file, this is an unlawful termination.  Go after them hard and make sure you name your GM and PD in the suit, both as part of the company and as individuals.

Then when you get your settlement, take my second piece of advice: Buy another hat.