It's a punishment tailored to hit a diehard football fan where it hurts the most, taking away his right to watch Super Bowl Sunday. A Cleveland court judge has ordered a grown man be sent to his room and have his TV privileges taken away during the biggest football game of the year! You may remember the December 24th Steelers-Browns game when a drunken Browns fan ran out onto the field. The fan was quickly caught by Steelers linebacker James Harrison who body-slammed the fan onto the ground and held him for police. In my opinion, it was the best play of the game and definitely a worthy video clip for any NFL highlight reel.
The fan in question is 24-year-old Nathan Mallett who was convicted earlier this month of misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct while intoxicated and criminal trespassing. He said he ran onto the field because he was upset by Pittsburgh's 41-zip blowout of the Browns. (Of course a thorough ass kicking handed from the Steelers to the Browns is nothing new or unusual.) Mallett will begin his 3 day sentence February 3rd and he won't be allowed to watch the February 5th Super Bowl game on TV, or listen to it on radio. The judge also ordered Mallett not to attend Browns games in Cleveland or any other city for 5 years as a condition of his probation. In addition, he also has to do 150 hours of community service with team charities.
Personally, I think the judge is doing this guy a favor by forbidding him to attend any more Browns games. Let's be honest, the Cleveland Brows suck! It's usually a miracle when the team sees any post season action. With that aside, the guy did look like a fool getting body-slammed by a pro linebacker, but it sure gave me a good laugh. So I have to thank him for that. You would think seeing that clip of himself over and over again on the news would of been punishment enough, the embarrassment and humiliation factor. However, a judge says he wants to see the Browns fan rot in jail...well at least for Super Bowl weekend he will rot there.
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