Norman basketball players talk about racist, announcer: ‘He should be held responsible’

Several players on the Norman High School women’s basketball team have broken the silence about racist comments addressed to them by a game announcer … and they are asking for action.

It is a powerful thing.

Players teamed up with a famous civil rights lawyer Ben Crump – who worked with the families of several major victims of police or racial violence … of Ahmaud Arbery for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Jacob Blake.

Crump gave a press conference on Monday with several of the players and their families – everyone talked about Matt Rowan, the announcer who launched the word n on the team for his decision to kneel during the national anthem.

As we reported earlier, Rowan’s comments were captured by a hot microphone – and people at home could hear him criticizing NHS players who were demonstrating to highlight police brutality and racial injustice.

During his rant, Rowan said he expected Norman’s team to get kicked in the ass on the court that night.

Rowen later apologized for his language – and said he is a type 1 diabetic who loses his ability to censor himself when his blood sugar is high, which he claims happened that night.

For your information, the Norman High School women’s basketball team won the Oklahoma 6-A state championship over the weekend.

The players say they were obviously hurt and shocked by the comments – but they are proud of the way they were together as a team and still WON the entire tournament!

Ben Crump says there are no legal action plans at this time … but he continued to praise the team for thriving in such a challenging time.