The Toronto Argonauts are out of the playoffs, but Arland Bruce III is in a whole lot of hot water.
The Argos receiver, who suggested his team’s loss to the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final was the result of racially-biased officiating, was fined by the club Monday.
The amount of the fine wasn’t released as per team policy, but the club said in a statement it “would like to emphasize that the opinions expressed by Bruce do not reflect the opinions of the Toronto Argonauts organization.”
For his part, Bruce was anything but apologetic, accusing CFL officials of being racist and taking bribes for a second time while speaking with reporters Monday.
“If you go back three weeks, we haven’t been getting the calls we should’ve got and that’s just a frustrating thing,” Bruce said. “There might have been some things said out of frustration but it is what it is. There were some unbalanced calls for us.
“I didn’t say referees are racist or this league is racist. I just said it’s a question, is that possible for that to happen?”
And while Monday’s comments were harsh to be sure, they were a far cry from what he said immediately following Sunday’s loss.”I don’t think the referees like Pinball,” Bruce said, referring to Argos head coach Mike (Pinball) Clemons, who is black. “I think they are racists.
“How come there are no black referees in the CFL. They’re racists.”
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