{"id":48594,"date":"2025-05-16T02:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48594"},"modified":"2025-05-16T02:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:48:24","slug":"colts-apologize-to-dolphins-hill-microsoft-for-schedule-release-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48594","title":{"rendered":"Colts apologize to Dolphins\u2019 Hill, Microsoft for schedule release video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE – Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) enters the field before an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell, File)\u00a0<\/span>more ><\/a><\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 The\u00a0I<\/a>ndianapolis Colts\u00a0have apologized to\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0receiver\u00a0Tyreek Hill\u00a0and\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0for a video released on social media during Wednesday night\u2019s NFL schedule release.<\/p>\n

The video was a spoof of the popular video game Minecraft, which is owned by\u00a0Microsoft, and poked some fun at Hill with a dolphin wearing a Hill jersey being stopped by a U.S. Coast Guard boat with a blaring siren. The post was quickly deleted.<\/p>\n

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Indy opens its season Sept. 7 against the\u00a0Dolphins.<\/p>\n

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Many teams compile videos to accompany the league\u2019s annual schedule release and most use them to try to attract new and younger fans. But the\u00a0Colts\u2019 video drew attention for other reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe removed our schedule release video because it exceeded our rights with\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0and included an insensitive clip involving\u00a0Dolphins\u00a0wide receiver\u00a0Tyreek Hill,\u201d the\u00a0Colts\u00a0said Thursday. \u201cWe sincerely apologize to\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0and\u00a0Tyreek.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Indy has replaced its video with a series of animated logos intended to help illustrate this season\u2019s games.<\/p>\n

Hill\u00a0was involved in a confrontation with Miami-Dade deputies last September. He was dragged from his vehicle, forced to the ground and handcuffed after arriving at the\u00a0Dolphins\u2019 stadium just hours before a home game. Traffic citations issued against\u00a0Hill\u00a0were later dropped.<\/p>\n