Oklahoma school district issues apology after longtime sports announcer called the names of the opposing team 'pretty disgusting' at the start of a high school girls basketball game.
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Pollard later posted the video to Facebook, stating that people at Newkirk initially tried to defend the announcer,"that the man was old and he didn't mean it like that."The principal of Crooked Oak High School, Laura Knight, who wrote on Facebook that she was at the game, described the announcer's comments as"shocking."
"Their administration sought out ours to apologize," Knight wrote."Their fans, administrations and coaches treated us well. I know that does not take away the hurt, but please know that they took care of it, it was not ignored." "In around 20 years of announcing Newkirk games, this is the first time something like this has occurred," the statement read."While he did not make any similar comments, I made the decision to replace him at halftime."
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