I do believe that Donatelli meant to apologize in the comments he made. He just chose his words poorly. (He probably did not ace his English papers in school.) I believe his point was that he was sorry that he made the comments publicly, but at the time, that was the way the team felt, and he was not going to apologize for his feelings....just for vocalizing them to the press and the poor judgement that went with that. IMHO, this is a very honest and acceptable apology. -- Dave [log in to unmask] Cornell '91 OSU Med '95 Let's Go Red! "When we ordered the uniforms, the Soviet Union still existed." CIS delegation head, Boris Bristov, on why the CIS team will march in the Olympics wearing jackets that have CCCP printed on them.