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Stephen Holder
INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts‘ try at slightly levity has gotten them right into a scenario that’s no laughing matter.
The Colts, like most NFL groups, compiled a video to accompany their regular-season schedule launch Wednesday night, however they abruptly eliminated it from social platforms Wednesday night time for a number of causes, the crew stated.
“We eliminated our schedule launch video as a result of it exceeded our rights with Microsoft and included an insensitive clip involving Dolphins extensive receiver Tyreek Hill. We sincerely apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek,” the crew stated in an announcement to ESPN on Thursday.
The video, which was supposed to be a spoof of the favored online game Minecraft, revealed the crew’s season opener in opposition to Miami with a picture of a Dolphin carrying a No. 10 jersey and labeled “Hill” swimming alongside earlier than he’s stopped by a Coast Guard boat with a blaring siren.
Hill was concerned in a controversial incident with Miami-Dade deputies final September as he was arriving for a house sport. Hill was dragged from his automobile, taken to the bottom and forcibly handcuffed. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, later known as for the officers concerned to be fired. Visitors citations issued in opposition to Hill had been later dropped.
Rosenhaus stated Thursday that Hill instructed him that he did not take the Colts’ submit severely and that he thought it was humorous.
“He laughed about it and did not suppose they wanted to take it down on his account,” Rosenhaus stated.
As for the Microsoft rights violation, it’s doubtless associated to the truth that Minecraft is owned by Microsoft and pictures similar to these within the sport had been used within the Colts’ video. The Los Angeles Chargers used related content material of their schedule launch video however confirmed a disclaimer indicating they’d permission from Microsoft.
It is unclear whether or not the Colts sought such permission from the corporate.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter contributed to this report.
