Browns ban sideline reporter 8 games for yelling at official during Saints game
This isn’t part of the job description.
The Cleveland Browns have suspended sideline reporter Nathan Zegura from the team’s radio broadcast for eight games.
His offense? Yelling at an official. A game official, that is.
Cleveland sports radio host in hot water
Cleveland.com reports that Zegura, a Cleveland sports radio staple who hosts a weekday Browns show and contributes to the team’s pre-game and post-game broadcasts in addition to his sideline gig, won’t return to reporting duties until Nov. 25.
He will reportedly also be banned from all gameday duties while serving a two-week suspension for his daily show.
According to the report, Zegura forgot that he was, well, working on Sunday when he decided to take on the role of drunken fan with a good seat and yelled at an official for a call that he didn’t like. Officials then reportedly ordered Zegura to change his location.
All of this, of course, is completely unprofessional while not wholly surprising coming from the local sports radio guy.
Not Zegura’s first offense
The Browns have reprimanded Zegura before, the report states. What his prior infraction was is not clear.
Here’s guessing whatever part of his personality deemed yelling at a referee a good idea is a significant part of his appeal to his listeners.
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