Indianapolis – The Indianapolis colts apologized to the Miami Dolphins receiver, Tyreek Hill and Microsoft, for a video published on social networks during the release of the NFL calendar on Wednesday evening.
The video was a parody of the popular video game Minecraft, which belongs to Microsoft, and made Hill happy with a dolphin wearing a hill jersey which is arrested by a boat from the Coastal Guard with a howling mermaid. The position was quickly removed.
Indy opens her season on September 7 against dolphins.
Many teams compile videos to support the annual version of the League and most use them to try to attract new fans and younger. But the video of the colts drew attention to other reasons.
“We have deleted our calendar publication video because it has exceeded our rights with Microsoft and included an insensitive clip involving the wide receiver of Tyreek Hill Dolphins,” the colts said on Thursday. “We sincerely apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek.”
Indy replaced her video with a series of animated logos intended to illustrate the matches of this season.
Hill participated in a confrontation with Miami-Dade deputies last September. He was dragged from his vehicle, forced on the ground and handcuffed after arriving at the Dolphins stadium a few hours before a home match. The circulation quotes issued against Hill were then abandoned.
“Tyreek accepts excuses for the colts,” said Hills agent Drew Rosenhaus, in an email at the Associated Press. “He thought the video was funny and laughed when he watched it.”
