The public address announcer at Germantown high school is now internet famous for telling fans at a weekend basketball game to ‘shut up.’
The announcer told fans watching the game between Cedarburg and Brookfield Central to be quiet after they started heckling the referees following a late-game foul. The announcer took to the mic and said ‘The WIAA is always looking for officials, and since you do such a good job from the stands, get on the floor, wear a striped shirt and do it yourselves.’ Everything was caught on tape. The WIAA has said that fan abuse is one of the reasons why it is so hard to find and keep referees at the high school level.
