“Just because you don’t agree with his decision doesn’t mean he did anything wrong.”
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“I think ultimately I’d like to look at the positives from the night,” van Riemsdyk said Thursday. “We were able to host a few different groups and meet with them after the game. I think that’s where I’d like to keep the focus on, about the good things that happened. Ultimately, when you play a team sport, and there’s lots of different people from different backgrounds, there’s different causes that people support.
“But as I went through it all, who am I to push my feelings on to someone else. Same situation here.”
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