UPDATE:

Anne Gordon, the team's senior vice president of marketing, media, and communications and a former Inquirer managing editor, told philly.com, McLane violated the press box's "well-understood code of conduct" while arguing with the Eagles employee.

Gordon said: "I asked for security to eject Jeff from our press box, a press box that has a standard code of behavior that every reporter understands and actually participates in endorsing and policing. . . so that people can watch the game and can follow and do their jobs carefully."

ORIGINAL ITEM

The Philadelphia Eagles ejected a reporter on Sunday during a game against the Dallas Cowboys, according to media members.

Jeff McLane, a writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, was ejected by security, according to Les Bowen, who covers the Eagles for Philadelphia Daily News.

According to Bowen, an Eagles staffer yelled at reporters to be quiet. McLane asked why the response was so heated. Then he was ejected.

Inquirer Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Stan Wischnowski said on Philly.com: "We find the actions taken by the Eagles media relations staff to be extremely disappointing and unprofessional. Jeff has spent eight years covering the Eagles exhaustively in a fair, accurate and thorough manner. He's never missed a game or a press conference."

Eagles beat writer @Jeff_McLane being ejected from the press box for discussing press box etiquette w pr staff. pic.twitter.com/5IUdTdFEof — Marcus Hayes (@inkstainedretch) January 1, 2017

Eagles are attempting to eject @Jeff_McLane from the press box because he objected to being yelled at by an Eagles media relations staffer — Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 1, 2017

Other reporters are being told they will be ejected as well if they interfere with Jeff being ejected from the press box — Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 1, 2017

During confusion over a penalty a while ago, we were all trying to figure out the call. An Eagles staffer yelled for us to be quiet. (1) — Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 1, 2017

(2) Many of us took exception, Jeff most vocally. He then went to the staffer and calmly discussed why the admonishment was inappropriate. — Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 1, 2017

(3) A while, later, security guard comes and tells Jeff he is being ejected "for violating the fan code of conduct." — Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 1, 2017

This is the most vengeful, petty Eagles regime I've dealt with since I started covering the team in 2002. #Ejectthat — Les Bowen (@LesBowen) January 1, 2017

The Eagles have ejected Inquirer reporter Jeff McLane from the press box for what they deem a "violation of fan conduct." — Zach Berman (@ZBerm) January 1, 2017