I read it both ways...
neither one was offensive, but I'm doing my best to make sure the correct story is out. KBTX was the original to run that story, and it makes it sound like SB accidentally missed a very important deadline for them...
while in reality, it was a deadline that was actually quite controversial, and turned out not to matter.
It is similar to the letter you get before you graduate, from the office of the registrar. The one that says "you must show proof of enrollment for any credits you are taking by corespondance that are required for graduation." It gives you a deadline to turn in the proof, but if you do not have a corespondance class, then you intentionally ignore the information because it does not apply to you.