By not naming names he does a few things:
1) He labels our entire team with Nebraska = Racists. This is the takeaway casual readers of this story will glean from it. We do not deserve a moniker like this.
2) He doesn't allow the player to explain his side of the story. Maybe he was misheard, maybe he was responding to something Ekakitie said that was equally as bad. Or, if the player would be brave enough to admit it and accept his punishment, he doesn't allow them to apologize as publicly as Ekakitie made the accusation.
3) He prevents the school and administration from knowing exactly how to handle the situation. There would be immediate and swift retribution, obviously, if they knew who exactly said what he's alleging. By being vague with his accusation he's made their job harder.
4) He slurs an opponent after kicking their a$$ on the field. Even if this actually happened as he describes, an honorable man wouldn't take it to the press before taking it to his coaches or the administration.
Clearly trouncing Nebraska on the field wasn't enough to ameliorate the issue for him, clearly he was still very upset about it after the game, upset enough to handle it this way. Maybe that lends credence to his story. Hard to say.
What I do know is, given the opportunity, Nebraska will make this right. Ekakitie can show himself the bigger man by doing everything in his power to make that happen. This wasn't a good first step.
