Rowan, who says he was at one time a youth pastor, released a written statement Friday evening.
âDuring the Norman High School girls basketball game against Midwest City, I made inappropriate and racist comments believing that the microphone was off; however, let me state immediately that is no excuse, such comments should have never been uttered,â Rowan said in the statement.
â. I have not only embarrassed and disappointed myself I have embarrassed and disappointed my family and my friends.
âI will state that I suffer Type 1 Diabetes and during the game my sugar was spiking. 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.
An announcer hurled racist insults at a high school basketball team for kneeling during the National Anthem
Updated 2:26 AM ET, Sat March 13, 2021
A screenshot of video streamed by the NFHS network shows the Norman High School girls basketball team kneeling during the National Anthem before a playoff game in Oklahoma. An announcer for the online broadcast made racist comments about the team as they players kneeled. (CNN)The Norman, Oklahoma, Public Schools District is condemning an announcer who made racist and hateful comments targeted at our Norman High student athletes on a livestream of a state basketball tournament, a statement from the district superintendent said.
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