High school announcer caught by hot mic blames racist outburst on high blood sugar | The Guardian |

An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls' high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a racial epithet as the players knelt during the national anthem, then suggested his diabetes was to blame for the episode in a statement expressing his regret.

Hey @NFHSNetwork looks like you forgot to cut the Mic!!! "F*** N***" is the one that really got me!! Tell us how you really feel!! THIS IS WHY THEY KNEEL!!!@Migliorino_Nick @tohara_o @NHS_AthDept @gonormantigers pic.twitter.com/mmWQAecLaF

— Frankie Parks (@CoachFParks) March 12, 2021

Matt Rowan, owner of OSPN, the third-party company that produced the telecast for NFHS, revealed on Friday afternoon that he was the speaker on broadcast.

I am a family man and former youth pastor ... statement.

BLM ... Trumpists and White Supremacists living in an alternate world ... a youth pastor! Some education w/o a doubt ... the next generation.

'Sapere aude'