Announcer Toby Moore forgot to turn his microphone off at halftime and, well, you can guess the rest. At the end of it, a realization. “This conversation never happened, by the way,” said Moore. “We’d get in trouble. I would have never had this conversation if [inaudible name] was sitting in that chair. We’ve been around long enough; we know what we’re doing.”
Apparently not.
Source: Awful Announcing
A third-place girls soccer matchup in the Kansas Class 4A-1A state championship tournament on Saturday between Rose Hill and McPherson featured a hot mic incident where players, coaches, and even parents in attendance were the target of some very inappropriate comments. The game was aired live online on the NFHS Network streaming service.
During halftime, a parent at the game captured the announcer speaking to an unidentified person in the press box. The video, which was later shared to Vimeo and forwarded to Awful Announcing, shows the announcer complaining about the play on the field in the first half, openly ripping the players and coaches involved in the game.
The video identifies the announcer as Toby Moore, who would later confirm he was the announcer caught on the hot mic with a statement he sent Awful Announcing. He is believed to be speaking to the PA announcer on site.
After denigrating the game they'd been watching, they talked about the one saving grace to watching high school girls' soccer: ogling soccer moms.
“A bonus though of calling high school soccer? Girls soccer? For high school? The soccer moms.”
Moore openly agreed with this sentiment, proceeding to offer some disgusting thoughts about one of the parents, in particular, who was facing the press box.
“F*** yeah, baby. Up top, baby. The one that’s facing us? See if she can tear it the f*** off. I can’t see the legs, but I can feel the a** from here,” he said.
Throughout the entire conversation, neither Moore nor the other person seemed to realize that anyone was capturing this conversation. However, Moore acknowledged that if anybody listened, they would “be in trouble.”
“This conversation never happened, by the way,” said Moore. “We’d get in trouble. I would have never had this conversation if [inaudible name] was sitting in that chair. We’ve been around long enough; we know what we’re doing.”
And thus ended Toby Moore's career as an announcer of high school girls soccer.
“I would like to apologize to the Rose Hill and McPherson schools, players, coaches, families, and communities for my remarks last Saturday,” Moore said in a statement to Awful Announcing. “They were tasteless, stupid, and inexcusable. Those comments did not reflect the tremendous season and hard work both sides had during the year. Thank you to KSHSAA and NFHS for allowing me the privilege to call games on their network. I sincerely and deeply apologize for my tasteless and hurtful remarks and ask forgiveness from those that were hurt by my words.”
