Assuming that this is true (I do like Fightful as a source, even though SRS has been vocal about being against the recent WOW reboot) it seems as if Jeanie Buss and the rest are going head on with the Tessa controversy. I really don't think that is a good idea. It's just going to push people away even more. We live in a time when people make up their minds on stuff automatically and there isn't much room left to convince anyone to change their minds.
The T-Shirt is one thing but to trying to get the two together isn't a good idea because it will seem like there is alternative motivation. It's better for Tessa to just move on and prove that she isn't what others accuse her of in a different direction. Let things naturally flow instead of pushing it.