sure seems to be acting like a BOY to me...
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.
LOL when he said “I’m calling my agent,” that is what I pictured.
The person who called that time out when the Ravens stopped Brady on the fourth down quarterback sneak should have his head examined.
baltimore doesn’t need a thug team to embarrass itself.
sure seems to be acting like a BOY to me...
The way the cry baby is whining maybe he should have been called 'little girl.'
Is that you , Mr. Webster? That ain't how your dictionary has had it lo these many decades.
Who the hell do these punks think they are to dictate the meaning of English words? They insist on being Africans first -- as in African-American. Well, damn it let them stick to their African words, and quit trying to dictate to me what my language means..
These days it seems like the Ravens are getting pretty good at blowing games they should win and then crying about the referees afterwards. They’ve fallen pretty far.
BTW, Rolle was born in 1976, so he is a “boy” to the 54 year old ref!
I can’t believe folks still enjoy watching semi-literate thugs behaving badly.....
“Boy” is about the kindest salutation this overly sensitive “professional” deserves....
Thugball, the sport of thugs.....
“I’m telling my mom!”
It has entertainment value both on and off the field. Look how much fun we are having laughing at this crybaby. ;^)
True.....but we aren’t paying an outrageous price to watch the assholes “play”.....
Assuming of course we live in a city that doesn’t subsidize the damned millionaire thugs by financing their sandboxes...
Tell ya what, he can give me 1/2 of his salary and call me anything he wants.....fair trade.
It cost the Ravens the game. If that counts.
If black people can freely call one another nigger, what’s the problem with a black person calling another, boy?
I’m a Colts fan this week. I hope Payton throws 5 TD passes against those dirtybird boys.
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