A representative of the local Pi Kappa Alpha alumni association has expressed disappointment… A representative of the local Pi Kappa Alpha alumni association has expressed disappointment in Pitt’s athletics department, as well as in those responsible for the April 16 fight at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, which allegedly involved Pitt football players.

“The lack of any apparent acknowledgement of responsibility or expression of remorse from those responsible for this attack has been disappointing,” said lawyer Cristopher Hoel in an official statement from the fraternity alumni. “Statements attributed to the athletic department seem likely to cause more problems than they could solve.”

Hoel later clarified that he was referring to a statement from the athletics department urging people not to assume anything about an aggressive nature in the fight.

E.J. Borghetti, spokesman for Pitt’s athletics department, had earlier clarified that he meant no person should assume that any particular individual acted in an aggressive nature.

The fight, which Pitt Chief of Police Tim Delaney said included more than 20 students, sent three fraternity brothers to the hospital. The worst injury, a fractured orbital bone, later required facial surgery, Delaney said.

Hoel, a Pi Kappa Alpha alumnus who graduated from Pitt, said that he is working with the fraternity to “monitor the investigation and pursue justice,” and to ensure fair treatment for the undergraduates involved. Up to this point in the investigation, Hoel said, the fraternity brothers have been pleased with the work done by University police.

“So far, what we’ve seen from the University police indicates a comprehensive, concerted, professional investigation. That’s all that anyone can ask,” Hoel said. “We hope the University police will be able to provide a comprehensive, concerted, professional report.”

Borghetti said that he did not know of any football players’ engaging lawyers’ services. He added, however, that such actions would be players’ personal business, and that he would probably not know if any player had sought a lawyer. Borghetti said he had no new statements regarding the investigation, and that he usually received new information only when resolutions were reached.

Borghetti confirmed that Pitt’s football team is engaging in voluntary summer workouts, saying that, to his knowledge, all players are being permitted to participate.

The Pitt police have led the investigation, though Hoel said that the police have also consulted the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office. Delaney was not available for comment on the progression of the investigation, but he relayed a message that interviews are still being conducted.

Hoel said that he was not asked to work with the fraternity alumni association and housing corporation with the intention of taking action, but rather to observe the proceedings.

“We will simply monitor while the appropriate authorities resolve this,” Hoel said.