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It emerged Monday that the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council had been so overloaded with complaints about the hockey commentator’s rant that it hit the limit of the organization’s technical processing capacity.

“The CBSC has received a large number of very similar complaints concerning Coach’s Corner broadcast on CBC (Sportsnet) on November 9, 2019, exceeding the CBSC’s technical processing capacities,” the CBSC said on its website.

“Accordingly, while the CBSC will be dealing with this broadcast under its normal process, it is not able to accept any further complaints.”

The CBSC is a self-regulatory organization created by Canada’s private broadcasters to deal with complaints from viewers or listeners about programs they have seen or heard broadcast on a participating station.

Photo by Cherry says he's frustrated about the lack of visible poppies being worn by new Canadians ahead of Remembrance Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Cherry’s cohost, Ron MacLean, had also been criticized for sitting idly beside Cherry as he went on the rant. People criticized MacLean for his complacency, pushing the cohost to issue an apology.

“Don Cherry made remarks which were hurtful, discriminatory — which were flat out wrong. We at Sportsnet have apologized,” MacLean said during the opening of Hometown Hockey on Sunday.

“We know that diversity is a strength of the country. … I owe you an apology too. I sat there, did not catch it, did not respond. … We were wrong and I sincerely apologize. And I wanted to thank you for calling me and Don on that last night.”

Before the ultimate decision to let Cherry go, Sportsnet’s Yabsley had provided an initial statement on Sunday morning.