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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
I think it was mentioned by Burke last night but the theory is if he does that, he opens himself up to potential lawsuit(s) from Aliu. It will likely happen anyway but the wording of the apology was, in my layman, Gen X non-Boomer view, calculated to limit any potential damage admission would give. I think the apology lines in the letter are of a similar nature with the generic team comment and Aliu's response is laying the groundwork for some sort of suit as well.
It's an ugly situation but if the league comes out with more progressive policies it could eventually be a good thing.
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Oh sorry, I meant that I don't understand why he apologized (if he indeed did apologize) to the Ice Hogs players at the time and not specifically Aliu.
It just seems unbelievable that he would acknowledge and address that he was offensive and not acknowledge that the one black player in the room would have greater reason to take offense and be especially entitled to an apology.
Bill Peters is not a dumb guy, so I have trouble believing he was just oblivious. I'm curious if he was apologizing to do the bare minimum and didn't actually care about the offense caused. Or maybe he was being petty and didn't make any extra effort towards Aliu because he didn't like him. I mean, it could be a lot of things... just really bizarre to me.