It’s a bit strange but professional sport is extremely meritocratic at the player level (coaching and staffing is another matter) so it’s very unlikely that there’s any ill intent here.

I wish news and companies understood optics better.

‘Criticism of all white photo’ comes across as white = bad

Criticism of lack of diversity comes across as diversity = good

Token player? GTF! If that team is winning don’t change it because of diversity.