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Tampa TV station apologizes for nudity in Bucs’ locker room

Published November 29, 2011 06:06 AM
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A policeman stands guard behind placards showing “censored” art masterpieces during an action in front of President Viktor Yanukovych’s office in Kiev on June 15, 2011. The participants of the rally organized by the Ukrainian Human Rights Centre ask for the invalidation of the “On protection of public morals” law. They maintain that the law stands in the way of the development of Ukraine culture and lays a foundation for the repression of social and cultural activists. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUP[INSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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While Tampa TV station WTVT interviewed Buccaneers offensive lineman Donald Penn in the locker room on Sunday, the cameraman and the producer failed to notice what they were capturing in the background: Another Bucs player undressing.

The player was shown only from the waist down, so we couldn’t see his face, but we could see everything below the belt. Now WTVT is apologizing for giving the home viewers a glimpse of full-frontal Buccaneer.

“Earlier in the Bucs’ post game there was an inadvertent shot and we apologize for that,” the station said in a newscast afterward, via TampaBay.com.

This isn’t the first time a nude NFL player has been shown on TV, as Visanthe Shiancoe knows all too well. Frankly, given that NFL players are interviewed in the locker room after every game, it’s surprising it doesn’t happen more often.