{"id":415628,"date":"2023-01-09T17:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=415628"},"modified":"2023-01-09T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T18:03:55","slug":"shocking-coaching-decision-from-browns-as-they-sack-bernie-kosar-over-5-figue-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/shocking-coaching-decision-from-browns-as-they-sack-bernie-kosar-over-5-figue-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Coaching Decision From Browns as They Sack Bernie Kosar Over 5-Figue Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former quarterback stated on Sunday that the Browns notified him of their decision to split ways and that it was apparently related to a wager he placed on Cleveland&#8217;s game versus the Steelers in the regular season. Former quarterback and Browns radio personality Bernie Kosar was fired on Sunday, per Cleveland.com, for betting on the Steelers&#8217; regular-season finale. ESPN validated the information. Employees of the team are not allowed to wager on their matches.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XfBfDy7MuU4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Browns selected Bernie Kosar, a Miami quarterback who won the national championship in 1983, in the 1985 draft. Until spending a year in Dallas and three years in Miami, he played for Cleveland for eight years before retiring in 1996.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Tennessee Titans Owner States Finding a GM Will Be Done \u2018as Soon as Possible\u2019 After Jon Robinson\u2019s Departure\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tennessee-titans-owner-states-finding-a-gm-will-be-done-as-soon-as-possible-after-jon-robinsons-departure\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tennessee Titans Owner States Finding a GM Will Be Done \u2018as Soon as Possible\u2019 After Jon Robinson\u2019s Departure<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bernie Kosar sacked over a gambling incident?<\/h2>\n<p>Bernie Kosar made no effort to conceal his bet. He even made it public. He declared earlier this week on The Bernie Kosar Show With Hanford Dixon that he was wagering $19,000 on the Browns to defeat the Steelers on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieKosarQB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieKosarQB<\/a> bet $19K on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Browns<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tipico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tipico<\/a> as the first sports bet in Ohio \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>He&#39;s donating the money to charity if he wins that bet today.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RideWithBernie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RideWithBernie<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5ddoQOQQi\">https:\/\/t.co\/n5ddoQOQQi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k5DpFnnrrX\">pic.twitter.com\/k5DpFnnrrX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Hanford Dixon Show (@TopDawgShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TopDawgShow\/status\/1612093832971300864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEarlier this week we notified Bernie, that per league policy, we were required to remove him from our pregame radio coverage for the season finale after he violated the NFL gambling policy by placing a bet on an NFL game,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the statement reads, per\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cleveland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe understand what Bernie means to this community and our history but as team contracted personnel hired to provide content on our media platforms, his bet was a violation of NFL rules and we must adhere to all NFL policy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First show in the new studio! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieKosarQB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieKosarQB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HanfordDixon29?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HanfordDixon29<\/a> talk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Browns<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> and Bernie placing the first sports bet in Ohio with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tipico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tipico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9YJwEWHw5W\">https:\/\/t.co\/9YJwEWHw5W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Hanford Dixon Show (@TopDawgShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TopDawgShow\/status\/1610018000664694784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bernie Kosar has engaged in a variety of businesses after retiring. He owned the Florida Panthers in 2001, an AFL franchise in 2007, and donated his name to other real estate investment firms. Additionally, Kosar had a radio show and was employed as a consultant by the Cleveland Browns on October 17, 2009, a position he held for 13 years. 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Former quarterback and Browns radio personality Bernie Kosar was fired on Sunday, per Cleveland.com, for betting on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":270446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,2292,70],"tags":[4499],"class_list":["post-415628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","category-washington-commanders","category-washington-football-team","tag-bernie-kosar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}