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NC State Basketball Player Reprimanded For Flipping Off Referee

Author Charlie & Debbie

Comedian Chris Rock once had a great bit in a stand-up routine that kept repeating the same mantra.  It was something along the lines of, “I don’t condone, but I understand.”  That’s the way I and anyone else who has ever competed at high levels of basketball or any other officiated sport feels about North Carolina State’s DJ Horne flipping off a referee.

Tuesday night, the Wolfpack’s leading scorer led his teammates to an 88-76 win over the Wake Forrest Demon Deacons.  With 2.2 seconds left in the game, Horne was fouled and headed to the free throw line.  It was the moment when the referee turned his back that Horne low-keyed the ‘double shotgun’ in his direction.

Again, I don’t condone DJ Horne flipping off a referee, but I understand.  Perhaps the only human beings on planet Earth that can cause a man to lose it on the regular are wives and referees.  In fact, as I think about it, referees are a lot like wives.  They only see what they want to see and they always think they are right.  Of course, I’m kidding.  Don’t let my wife read this, okay? <G>

Simply put, in the heat of the moment, DJ Horne let his emotions get the best of him and unfortunately forgot that his game was on TV and cameras everywhere, at the moment, were focused on him.  As you might imagine, his coaches were not pleased and let DJ Horne know of their displeasure.  And to DJ’s credit, he owned his indiscretion on X (formerly Twitter).  My sincere apologies for what happened at the end of the game. I got caught up in the heat of the moment and made a disrespectful gesture that I should have never done. That’s not who I am!

The ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) has reprimanded DJ Horne for flipping off the ref calling the gesture “unsportsmanlike and inappropriate.”  Apparently, this is the extent of his punishment.

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Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.

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