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Oklahoma prep game broadcaster denounced for using racial epithet
6:09 PM CT
ESPN News Services

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An announcer for a livestream of an Oklahoma girls' high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the players kneeled during the national anthem.

The incident occurred Thursday before the Norman High School-Midwest City quarterfinal game in Sapulpa as "The Star-Spangled Banner" began to play. The broadcasters told listeners on the NFHS Network stream they would return after a break and then one, apparently not realizing the audio was live, used an expletive and the epithet as the Norman players kneeled.

"They're kneeling? [f**k] them," one of the men said, video of which later went viral. "I hope Norman gets their ass kicked ... [f***ing] [niqqers]."

The broadcaster who made the remarks later identified himself as Matt Rowan. In a statement in which he apologized, Rowan, who owns and operates the streaming service OSPN, said he is a diabetic and that his blood-sugar levels caused him to make the remarks.

"I will state that I suffer Type 1 Diabetes and during the game my sugar was spiking," Rowan said in a statement obtained by multiple media outlets. "While not excusing my remarks it is not unusual when my sugar spikes that I become disoriented and often say things that are not appropriate as well as hurtful. I do not believe that I would have made such horrible statements absent my sugar spiking."

The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association and NFHS Network each issued statements apologizing for the comments.

"While we are currently investigating the incident, this crew will not be doing any more games for the remainder of our championships," OSSAA director David Jackson said. "This kind of behavior will never be tolerated by anyone representing the NFHS or OSSAA." (What behavior? . . . kneeling during the National Anthem or calling a spade a spade?)

The NFHS Network said in a statement that it was "sickened" and "outraged" by the comments, apologized and "immediately cut ties with the third-party production crew that was involved.''

"We also deeply apologize to the students, their families, and the entire community for having such ignorant and hurtful comments expressed during the broadcast,'' the statement added. (But not a word about the disrespectful conduct of the players kneeling during the Anthem?)

Kneeling during the anthem at U.S. sporting events has become a familiar way for athletes to express themselves, often in protest of racial or social injustice. Norman High School Superintendent Nick Migliorino said the school district supports the students' right to freely express themselves.

"We condemn and will not tolerate the disgusting words and attitudes of these announcers," Migliorino said. "We will do everything in our power to support and uplift our team and everyone affected by this incident."

Migliorino said the announcers were hired by the OSSAA and that the district would use another livestream service for the remainder of the state tournament.

State public schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister also released a statement, saying the comments cannot be tolerated.

"The remarks made were sickening and vile," Hofmeister said. "My heart aches for the young female athletes who were subjected to this hateful and disgusting tirade." (How about the vile and sickening behavior of the players who disrespected centuries of Patriots who died in defense of that flag?)

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

He said what we all think!

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"We condemn, and will not tolerate the disgusting words and attitudes of these Players," Migliorino said. "We will do everything in our power to support and uplift our announcers,and everyone affected by this incident."

There.Fixed it for them.

I am amazed at the number of people who don't realize is's best to jettison that word from their lexicon.

Why.............it's what 90% of them are.....kneegers. They look the part and they act the part, so why not call it like it is.

Then get a bud to video you walking up to some of them and calling them that to their face.

I have. Still alive too.

If he said it, he should own it. Blaming his blood sugar. Idiot.

Prezactly!

Exactly. That’s what the left wants to normalize all of it and ban words that they don’t like. That they’re all just like us. [bleep], kneegrows, Muslims. We’re all supposed to believe that they’re just like the typical Caucasian in IQ, morality, and love of country.

He zips his pants up on the side! Agree 100% . . . what a pussy. Folded like a cheap suit!

If I had a Lexicon, I'd think about it. I prefer Toyotas myself.

What a pussy. He can't even stand behind his words. He'll suffer the woke mob either way.

the coloreds call each other [bleep] and are ok with that. One colored referred to obama as "my [bleep]" while on some tv broadcast together.

It's racist if a cracker can't call a [bleep] a [bleep], but a colored can. Racist.

Same for the term Gay in place of Homosexual.

lolololol

For all of you who are certain that the word is okay to use, don't just use it here from the comfort of the keyboard.

Kneeling during your Countries anthem has consequences

If the USA becomes what Biden, Harris and the rest of the communist pricks want it to become, I'll take a dump on a flag during the anthem.