The National Football League has placed game official Roy Ellison on administrative leave following an incident which took place during and after Sunday’s Buffalo Bills game against the Miami Dolphins. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Hughes will not be suspended for the incident.
Following the game, Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes went past the team’s locker room to confront Ellison as he was entering the officials’ changing area, yelling that Ellison had called him a “bitch” during the course of the game. Hughes said other things that may be considered threats directed at the longtime official.