The Houston Texans fired a respected media relations executive on Wednesday, causing an uproar among reporters who know her from covering the sport.
Longtime Texas captain J.J. Watt weighed in too, calling the firing a “difficult loss.”
The Texans fired vice president of communications Amy Palcic and told her she was no longer a “cultural fit,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported early Wednesday.
Palcic was the only woman to head an NFL team’s public relations department and won the 2017 Rozelle Award for the league’s best public relations staff as voted on by the Pro Football Writers of America.