The Karl Hess fiasco at NC State

In case you haven't heard, Karl Hess, umpire extraordinaire, had Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani ejected from NC State's home game against Florida State last week. At least we aren't here talking about the Wolfpack's walking-dead performance. Late Saturday night, the ACC issued a statement regarding the ejections. Essentially, the conference administration said, "our bust. Next time, we'll have them ejected properly. And proper protocol has been communicated to our officials. Buh bye." Still, no reason was actually given for the ejections. Until this evening. Kinda.You can read the official statement from the ACC here. It should only take a minute.Here's what it boils down to for the ACC. They said Karl Hess was publicly reprimanded. By publicly, I'm assuming since it's an official release, they think that's public enough. Then they praised him as being a solid "on-court official." While I may, ahem, disagree, they had to. Ab...