A basketball announcer was caught on a hot mic calling a high school girls’ team the N-word as they kneeled in protest during the national anthem.
The Norman High girls’ team kneeled in protest before their quarterfinal in the Oklahoma 6A State Basketball Tournament against Midwest City.
“They’re kneeling? F***** n*****,” the announcer can be heard saying on the National Federation of State High School Associations online stream, a short video of which was shared and viewed widely on Twitter.
“I hope Norman gets their ass kicked. F*** them. I hope they lose. C’mon Midwest City. They’re gonna kneel like that? Hell no,” the person adds.
The announcer was contracted by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association to announce the game during an online stream.
OSSAA executive director David Jackson said: “On behalf of the NFHS Network and the OSSAA, we sincerely apologize that this happened at one of our events. While we are currently investigating the incident, this crew will not be doing any more games for the remainder of our championships. This kind of behaviour will never be tolerated by anyone representing the NFHS or OSSAA.”
