seriousness

“We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness,” the league said in a statement, “and the integrity of our game remains our top priority.”

"We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of our game remains our top priority," the statement read.

Thursday’s flights signal “seriousness and intent,” said David Deptula, a retired Air Force general and Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, an aerospace think tank.

“We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of our game remains our top priority,” a league statement said.

"We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of our game remains our top priority," the statement said.