Watch as this USFL player gets released because he doesn't like chicken salad

Being a professional athlete can be the best job ever but it can also be a very cruel business. Indeed, the following USFL situation shows us how a professional football player can lose his job in a heartbeat.

The USFL league started their 2022 season last Saturday, but it wasn't necessarily the on-field stories that got most of the attention but rather a clip from the Pittsburgh Maulers where RB De'Veon Smith was released from the team for a very intriguing reason, to say the least.

Here is this situation:

This all seems to be a misunderstanding. It's unfortunate that Pittsburgh Maulers RB De'Veon Smith lost his job like that.

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