Meteorologists Roast ESPN’s Steve Young for Wildly False Claim That ‘Lightning Can’t Go Sideways’

Brandon ContesOct 5th, 2021, 9:48 am
 

Rough night for Monday Night Football. The game between featuring the Raiders and Chargers from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles was delayed about 30-minutes because of lightning.

Making matters worse, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning are in the midst of a three-week hiatus from their popular alternate MNF broadcast on ESPN2. As viewers tuned in for the traditional broadcast on ESPN, they were stunned to see the game was in a weather delay, considering SoFi Stadium is enclosed.

Former Super Bowl champion quarterback and longtime ESPN analyst Steve Young was equally baffled. Even after ESPN’s Suzy Kolber explained that the roof has some open exposure, with it being more like a canopy than a traditional dome, Young still didn’t understand the delay.

“Lightning can’t go sideways,” the former quarterback and BYU Law School graduate said.

A false statement that had Young getting brutally roasted on social media. Young did make one accurate statement though. “They can’t play the game, but we’re on the field?” Young asked. “Clearly they don’t care about us!”

With players being sent back to their locker rooms for safety precautions, it was strange to see ESPN keep their mic’d up broadcasters standing on the field for the delay. “I’m confused,” Young added.

Meteorologists everywhere were quick to clear up any confusion for Young, by debunking his wildly false weather claim with pictures and videos to prove that lightning not does not only strike in one straight and direct vertical line.

Watch above via ESPN

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