It was an extraordinary statement of both blatant guilt and quick forgiveness in the same confusing breath.
Dan Guerrero, UCLA athletic director, acknowledged Wednesday that freshmen basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley shoplifted items from three different stores during the team’s recent trip to China.
But Steve Alford, UCLA basketball coach, said that while the three players were “indefinitely’’ suspended, they could eventually play for the Bruins again this season.
During a crowded Pauley Pavilion press conference in which no questions were allowed, but plenty of questions were raised, the three players publicly apologized by reading from prepared statements, then Alford and Guerrero read statements explaining the situation and consequences.