Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig neospire.net. NS
Answer
neospire.net. 2 NS ns3.safesecureweb.com.
neospire.net. 2 NS ns2.safesecureweb.com.
neospire.net. 2 NS ns1.safesecureweb.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.safesecureweb.com. 5 A 204.12.76.1
ns2.safesecureweb.com. 5 A 76.12.92.1
ns3.safesecureweb.com. 5 A 216.74.36.1
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0