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Karl Hess Back In The News

Controversial official gets into it with a very large man

By JD King

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NCAA BASKETBALL: DEC 31 SMU at East Carolina
GREENVILLE, NC - DECEMBER 31: Referee Karl Hess runs the sidelines in an American Conference regular season game between the Southern Methodist Mustangs and the East Carolina Pirates on December 31, 2016 at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, NC. SMU defeated ECU 75 - 44.
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Official Karl Hess, who the ACC dumped a few years ago after the incidents piled up and in particular after he was basically unable to work NC State games anymore, is back in the news.

Remember Scott Padgett, the former Kentucky forward? He’s now coaching Samford and he’s still 6-9 but pushing closer to 300 lbs. now.

For whatever reason Hess, who was working the Samford-ETSU game, charged at Padgett in an unusually aggressive way for an official.

As Padgett pointed out afterwards, he is 6-9 and close to 300 lbs, and, well, “it’s not a threat.”

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