NFL Suspends Umpire Roy Ellison for Profane/Derogatory Comments to Trent Williams

Per Schefter's Tweet:

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 3m
NFL announced Roy Ellison has been suspended one game, minus pay, for profane and derogatory statement to Trent Williams.

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/403996852091383808

I thought this was thread worthy.

Here's an article from NFL.com...

Umpire Roy Ellison banned 1 game without pay for Trent Williams incident - NFL.com (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000285921/article/umpire-roy-ellison-banned-1-game-without-pay-for-trent-williams-incident)

Ellison had been accused of cursing out a player once before. He denied it and there was no proof that time. Even so, he was reminded that such behavior is unacceptable and warned that there would be consequences if he were to do such a thing in the future.

He did and he was suspended. Simple concept: Misbehave and you'll be punished. I have no problem whatsoever with the League's action. That said, I hope he'll learn his lesson and go on to have a successful career as an NFL official.

There are reports that Williams provoked Ellison by using the n-word, although this would not excuse Ellison's actions.

Y! SPORTS (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/williams-accused-calling-official-racial-162121978--nfl.html)

There are reports that Williams provoked Ellison by using the n-word, although this would not excuse Ellison's actions.

Y! SPORTS (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/williams-accused-calling-official-racial-162121978--nfl.html)

Then why not punish both if proven ?

Then why not punish both if proven ?

Yeah only reason I could think was that they had no evidence of what Trent said. Also I think if Trent really had said that, he probably would've been ejected on the spot. Everybody knows you can't use that kind of language towards the officials, they are already flag happy as is, no need to provoke them further.

I would have considered not paying him for the eagles game, suspending him this week no pay, putting him on secret/public probation, and banning him from Skins game for the remainder of the year.

Shouldn't refs have to wear microphones?

Is something like this really not so serious that all he would get is a suspension? I might be looking at it totally wrong, but when looking at gross misconduct by an official, i would figure at the very least he would be fired....

Ice up son! Ice up!!

He should be suspended... The last thing the NFL can tolerate is a perceived bias of officiating... As an official, you simply cannot do what he did...