“Yay! Karl Hess is officiating our game today!” – No one ever
Unfortunately for Kentucky, Karl Hess will be one of the referees for today’s game vs. Auburn.
Hess will be joined by Terry Oglesby and Sean Casey.
Ready for some terrible news, BBN?
— Oscar Combs (@wildcatnews) January 14, 2017
Now that I've got your attention. Karl Hess is in the House 2day with Sean Casey & Terry Oglesby. Well, we should be use to SEC refs by now.
— Oscar Combs (@wildcatnews) January 14, 2017
In case you’ve forgotten:
Veteran official Karl Hess has worked his final ACC basketball game and has withdrawn himself from assignments with the American Athletic Conference.
Hess also has withdrawn from all SEC games for the rest of the season, SEC spokesman Craig Pinkerton confirmed in an email to The Associated Press.
Hess’ termination from the ACC comes after he was accused of directing an ethnic remark at Atlanta hotel magnate Mit Shah during Sunday’s Louisville-Wake Forest game in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Shah, the former chairman of the Wake Forest University board of trustees said on his now-private Twitter page after the game: “Karl Hess to me at the Wake-Louisville game tonight…”When I’m older, I want to sit in your seat & watch your Egyptian ass ref a game” #Wow”.
