Yesterday afternoon, we told you all about the "You're Welcome, LeBron" billboards that ESPN personality/writer Dan LeBatard paid to put up in Akron, Ohio this week:
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The billboards were a blatant publicity stunt—LeBatard himself even admitted it—but they were still pretty funny. And we thought that ESPN would appreciate the free publicity that they generated for LeBatard and his Highly Questionable show as well as his radio show.
As it turns out, though, ESPN was not amused by LeBatard's stunt. So they just announced that, effective immediately, they will be suspending him for two days.
"Dan LeBatard will be off the air for two days, returning Monday," ESPN said in a statement that they released this afternoon. "His recent stunt does not reflect ESPN's standards and brand. Additionally, we were not made aware of his plans in advance."
Do you think LeBatard deserved to be suspended for putting up the signs? Or did ESPN go too far in suspending him for the rest of the week?
[via For The Win]
