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NC State broadcaster Gary Hahn suspended indefinitely, officials say
North Carolina State University radio broadcaster Gary Hahn has been suspended indefinitely after making a degrading comment while announcing a bowl game score on Friday, CBS 17 has learned.
Hahn, an employee of broadcast company LEARFIELD Communications and the Play-by-Play announcer for Wolfpack Sports Network, referenced “illegal aliens” in Texas while announcing an out-of-town score during Duke’s Mayo Bowl. (snip)
CBS 17 has reached out to multiple N.C. State and LEARFIELD officials for confirmation on Hahn’s exact statement, that has been reported to have been made in reference to the Sun Bowl between UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh in El Paso, Texas.
“Several social media users reported hearing Hahn say ‘down among all the illegal aliens in El Paso it’s UCLA leading Pitt’ while giving the score of the Sun Bowl,” The News & Observer reported.
Hahn was recognized as the state’s Sportscaster of the Year in 2011 and 2020 and has been calling Wolfpack football, as well as men’s basketball, since 1991.
On one hand, why is he even bringing up illegal aliens while broadcasting a sporting event and reading out scores? On the other, it was very relevant in Texas, considering, as the News and Observer notes
The Sun Bowl canceled its annual fan fest last week because the city’s convention center is being used to house migrants awaiting immigration decisions, making El Paso a hot-button topic for political commentary.
El Paso is rather over-run with illegals at the moment. Back to the first hand: it wasn’t necessary, but, people say things that come to their brains that they should have skipped all the time, even professionals. Then, on the third hand, how often were we treated to planned and unplanned diatribes from sportscasters on major, national broadcasts on things like taking away our 2nd Amendment Right? You had wacky ESPN personalities like Jemele Hill yammering on and on about her abortion, supporting abortion, black supremacy, and other hardcore political issues. You had a planned Beyonce concert at Super Bowl 50 pimping police hatred and black supremacy. Broadcasters and players telling people to Comply with COVID lockdown/masking. The list goes on and on.
But, yeah, Hahn should have left that alone. He’ll be back on the air soon, I bet.
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