"BOY is a white racist word!"
Posted on 12/04/2007 6:27:40 PM PST by BOBWADE
BALTIMORE -- The NFL is looking into an accusation made by Baltimore Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle that an official called him a "boy" during Monday night's 27-24 loss to New England.
"The refs called me a boy. No. 110 called me a boy," Rolle said in the locker room after the game. "I will be calling my agent in the morning and sending my complaint. I have a wife and three kids. Don't call me a boy. Don't call me a boy on the field during a game because I said, 'You've never played football before.' "
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Tuesday the league is looking in to the situation.
No. 110 is head linesman Phil McKinnely, a former player for three NFL teams during the 1970s and '80s. McKinnely, who played collegiately at UCLA, is black, as is Rolle.
The Ravens were demonstrative after the game about the officiating, especially on the final drive that led to Tom Brady's pass to Jabar Gaffney for the winning touchdown with 44 seconds left. After the touchdown, set up by a fourth-down defensive holding call on Jamaine Winborne, linebacker Bart Scott was penalized 15 yards for complaining and another 15 yards for throwing the official's flag.
"In a game of this magnitude, you don't make that kind of call," Rolle said. "Let the players decide the outcome of the game. You can crown them champions now. I'm not taking anything away from them. They are a great team. They're not asking the refs to help them, but it's just an empty feeling."
ESPN.com's Mike Sando and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Oh for God’s sake-—here we go again. Another whining crybaby.
Go Pat’s !!!!!!!!!
Is it a hate crime when an older black man refers to a younger black man as a “boy”?
Oops!
Go Pats!!!!
The Ravens imploded. There is no way the Pats should have even let them into the game.
The holding call was legit and they are whinning about that. Cry babies.
Sounds more like a whiny “Punk”.
He is probably using it as an excuse for the antics on the field.
lol
Some people would consider that a compliment, you know.
Call me anything you want, just don’t call me late for supper.
"BOY is a white racist word!"
It was a great game, and for once the Ravens actually did themselves proud by curtailing their usual gangsta thug antics, which have cost them so dearly and embarrassed the city of Baltimore so badly. Then, no sooner is the game over than it’s back to gangsta thug antics.
The Ravens are a team without dignity. They’re a stain on the city of Baltimore. And the sooner they are dispatched (including the #1 gangsta thug/chest pounder/screecher Ray Lewis), the better.
"This is so damn stupid I ain't even gonna deal with it. Stop calling me!"
Get rid of organized sports and let these “boys” bring me my coffee at the Peninsula in Chicago.
I’m a good tipper. But bring me extra cream or I’ll call down to the front desk that I was “disrespected.”
This player is a total wuss trying to cover his rear end for being a jerk. Reading between the lines I sounds like the Ref said something like, "Boy, I was playing in the Pros before you were in diapers." I wouldn't blame him if his competance was being questioned because he had "never played the game." Shut up and take a loss like a man.
The only person who should be offended by being called “boy” is one who lived during the time when “boy” was a derogatory appellation for a black man.
LOL! x 2
Having a hissy fit “Boy”,,,settle down,be a man...
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