I think Horace's comment was his opinion, not something that was meant to represent the Academy as a whole.
Anyway, the prize has been very well received in Swedish media at least, someone even wrote that now the US people have no cause to be upset
Someone else wrote that the Academy benefits more from giving the prize to Dylan than Dylan does receiving it, it will be interesting to see what he does of it, but also kind of embarassing if he declined it.