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Big 12 announces suspension for team’s radio announcers Saturday
By Andrew Olson
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Radio announcers in the Big 12 apparently need to watch what they say about conference officials.
The Big 12 made a surprising announcement Wednesday evening that Texas Tech’s radio announcers have been suspended for one game after comments they made about the officiating in the Iowa State game:
In accordance with Big 12 Conference Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct policies, the Conference has issued a public reprimand of the Texas Tech radio booth announcers. They have also been removed from announcing the Tech game on November 20th. The actions have been taken in response to comments during Saturday’s football game broadcast against Iowa State.
“I understand the roles of the play-by-play and color analyst,” commented Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “However as University representatives they also have an obligation to adhere to Conference policy regarding comments about game officials. The comments by the Red Raider Radio Network booth announcers were contrary to expected levels of respect and professionalism. Questioning the integrity of Conference officials and specifically calling out members of the officiating crew is well beyond appropriate and permissible behavior.”
As one might expect, college football media members were quite surprised by the announcement:
This is a new one: The Big 12 just announced that the Texas Tech radio booth announcers have been suspended for Saturday's game against Oklahoma State.
The reason: Comments made about the officiating during the team's win against Iowa State.
— Dean Straka (@DWStraka49) November 18, 2021
Wait, you can do this? https://t.co/lhmrXwGRCZ
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 18, 2021
huh????? https://t.co/NRPEyZclbt
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) November 18, 2021
Kickoff between Texas Tech (6-4) and No. 9 Oklahoma State (9-1) is set for 8 p.m. ET with the game airing on FOX.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
