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Indianapolis Colts It fired on Wednesday night for a subsequently deleted social media video aimed at creatively revealing the team’s 2025 game schedule.
clipIt has been opened in a segment that previews the team’s weekly game, animated in the style of the Microsoft-owned video game Minecraft. Miami Dolphins. Among them, dolphin star Tyreek Hill was portrayed as a dolphin, with police officers glaring down the hill and ringing police officers to approach the coast guard boat.
Hill was arrested in a widely publicized controversy in September. It featured body cam footage of a wide receiver held to the ground by police while being handcuffed.
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Handcuffed Tyreek Hill. (Miami-Dade Police Station)
The Colts deleted the video later that evening, then provided a statement to Fox New Digital, clarifying that it was removed for depictions of the hill and violated the team’s agreement with Microsoft.
“We removed the schedule release video because we included an unsensitive clip that goes beyond our rights at Microsoft and includes Dolphin wide receiver Tyreek Hill. We sincerely apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek,” the team said Thursday.
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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill will speak at a press conference after an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns held in Cleveland on Sunday, December 29, 2024. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Hill himself put pressure on the situation on the X Post on Wednesday, saying the Colts should have posted the video.
The Los Angeles Chargers also formatted a schedule release video with Minecraft. Unlike Colts, however, the Chargers video initially contained a disclaimer.
Also, unlike Colts’ videos, Chargers’ videos appear to be Minecraft’s actual recorded gameplay, while Indianapolis used its own animation.
The NFL has partnered with Microsoft, dating back to 2013.
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Sign outside the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Photographer: Chonaka Singer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The deal began with a five-year, $400 million deal, and was later extended in 2020. Partnerships allow NFL teams and staff to use Microsoft teams to use collaboration and communication.
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