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UFL’s Samson Nacua
Smacked With Suspension
… For Hitting Fan
Published
Puka Nacua‘s brother is in hassle with the United Football League — Samson Nacua was simply suspended for slapping a fan in a heated post-game altercation.
The UFL handed down the punishment on Tuesday … stating the Michigan Panthers receiver was banned one sport with out pay for “an altercation with a spectator” after the matchup in opposition to the St. Louis Battlehawks at The Dome at America’s Center on Saturday.
Michigan Panther’s Samson Nacua (Puka Nacua’s brother) smacks a Battlehawks fan on the finish of the sport on Saturday.
The @TheUFL cant let this go unpunished. Bush league transfer in direction of the perfect followers within the league and the one motive it’s nonetheless alive. pic.twitter.com/2yYG0eG1Us
— Thomas Welch (@twelcher15) April 27, 2025
@twelcher15
On prime of the compelled sit-out, the league says Nacua has agreed to do neighborhood service in some unspecified time in the future later within the season.
Nacua will serve his suspension on Sunday, May 4 when the Panthers go up in opposition to the DC Defenders, league EVP of Football Operations Daryl “Moose” Johnston mentioned.
Video of the incident exhibits Nacua on the sidelines jawing at a fan who was leaning over a railing … and in the end reaching up and taking a swipe at his face earlier than strolling again on the sector.
Nacua wasn’t completed, although … shouting within the fan’s course as he continued on to the grass.
Unclear what sparked the incident … however the league discovered Nacua’s slap to the face worthy of a slap on the wrist nonetheless.