A cameraman from the St. Bonaventure University athletic department is restrained by a security guard at UD Arena during A-10 tournament title basketball game in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. March 14, 2021. Griffin Quinn – Flyer News via REUTERS
The Atlantic 10 Conference is looking into an incident where a security guard restrained a member of the St. Bonaventure University athletic department on Sunday, The Buffalo News reported.
“We’re aware and we’re looking into it with Dayton,” Drew Dickerson, assistant commissioner of the A-10, told the news outlet.
The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team won the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament title and defeated VCU on Sunday in the title game, 74-65.
A videographer identified as Nathan DeSutter, the digital media director for the Bona athletic department, was restrained around the neck by a security guard, who ushered him from the court area, according to the report.
Griffin Quinn, a Dayton student, took a photo of the incident and posted it on his Twitter handle.
Context to this photo, which was taken moments after the conclusion of the A10 Championship game between St. Bonaventure and VCU… pic.twitter.com/vSoXZSQ4gh
— Griffin Quinn (@griffinpquinn) March 14, 2021
Players and Bona staff members spoke with security to inform them that DeSutter was part of the athletic department and he was allowed then back on the court to shoot the trophy celebration, The Buffalo News reported.