Lincoln Journal-Star interviews Outsports' Cyd Zeigler on post urging dismissal of coach Ron Brown

Zeigler in a suit

Cindy Lange-Kubrick, of the Lincoln Journal-Star interviewed Outsports founder Cyd Zeigler following the Huffington Post's publication of his call for dismissal of assistant coach Ron Brown to find out why Zeigler wants Brown gone.

Here's an excerpt:

"I have an affinity for Nebraska," said Zeigler, who... followed the Big Red in its glory years. "So it makes me sad."
     Zeigler spent most of a week researching Brown before writing his piece. He read stories and watched two hours of video on YouTube, where Brown shared his religious viewpoint, often using Tom Osborne Field as a backdrop.
     And he came to this conclusion: "There's no way a gay player on his team would feel comfortable expressing himself."
     (It would defy all odds, added Zeigler, to think there have not been gay football players at Nebraska during Brown's 20-year tenure.)
     ...But to Zeigler -- and hundreds who signed an online petition asking the university to let Brown go -- the coach crossed a line when he used his position as part of his platform.
     "In his arguments, Brown suggested it is God's will to discriminate against gay people," Zeigler wrote, "even saying that those who voted to protect gay people would be held to 'great accountability' by God."
     "His remedy for a gay person in the locker room would be to change them with the word of Christ," said Zeigler. "No coach should be allowed to create this kind of hostile environment for anyone he coaches."