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?"
It's a funny thing; Bruce was named a CFL all-star this season after finishing second in receiving with 77 catches for 1,370 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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."
Bruce didn't stop there. He then accused the Alouettes of actually paying the officials.
"How much did (Montreal's) coach pay the refs, that's what I want to know?" Bruce said. "Good luck to them in the Grey Cup.
"I hope they pay them off there, too. Make another $5,000."
But Bruce stopped short of playing the race card full on.
"I haven't had any type of racism issues since I've been in Canada," he said. "I love Canada, I love Toronto.
"But it made me think out of frustration. I mean, what's the deal? We get a penalty on a catch and the referee tells him (Clemons) to pick it (challenge flag) up because we're not going to get it.
"Those things make you wonder why you'd say that to a coach challenging something?
"The racial issue, I don't think this league is anything like that but it makes you wonder why aren't there any African-American referees in this league? Have any tried out? Are they eligible, just things like that."
And the CFL?
"The CFL firmly rejects the notion that racism or illegal activity has any presence within our game," the league said in a statement.
"The league is investigating the remarks and will determine appropriate action at the conclusion of such investigation."
Clemons also had little to offer on either topic.
"I let him know our situation had gone past what is normal, that our guys were actually cutting jokes and laughing about it," Clemons said.
"They weren't laughing because they thought it was funny, they just felt like the calls were not going to go in our favour, that we were not only going to have to play the opposing team but we're going to have to play the referees, too."