Adam Schefter has apologised for a tweet he sent that was disrespectful about the death NFL star Dwayne Hakins.
“Dwayne Haskins, a standout at Ohio State before struggling to catch on with Washington and Pittsburgh in the NFL, died this morning when he got hit by a car in South Florida, per his agent Cedric Saunders. Haskins would have turned 25 years old on May 3.”
Schefter was pulled for the tweet. Schefter deleted it and wrote a more respectful one.
He also apologized.
“It was insensitive,” Schefter said. “It was a mistake. It was not my intention. I wish I could have sent that tweet back. The focus should have been on Dwayne — who he was as a person, a husband, a friend, and so much more. I wanted to apologize to Dwayne’s family, his friends, the players in the National Football League and offer my condolences to everybody close to Dwayne. And in the way I failed Saturday, I wanted to turn people’s attention to make sure that Dwayne is remembered properly.”
