Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig playerhamlett.com. NS
Answer
playerhamlett.com. 5 NS ns1.playerhamlett.com.
playerhamlett.com. 5 NS ns2.playerhamlett.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.playerhamlett.com. 5 A 64.31.52.2
ns2.playerhamlett.com. 5 A 173.232.67.249
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0