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He also wouldn’t comment on disciplinary action.

“We’re not going to sit here and just harp on something that was blown up quite honestly on Twitter,” said Jones. “Football is a violent sport. We practise it hard. There’s going to be altercations and that’s the end of the story.”

The speculation about Carter’s future was fuelled by Carter’s own tweet Monday in which he said “It was fun while it lasted… love y’all.”

Veteran cornerback Jovon Johnson then tweeted that defensive back Sam Williams “did something unacceptable that triggered it.” But Johnson also tweeted that “it truly wasn’t that freaking serious!”

Johnson, who is one of the team captains, said he was trying to give some perspective without getting into details.

“There is a lot of stuff that people were talking about, that they didn’t know what they were talking about,” he said after practice Tuesday.

“It’s definitely been blown out of proportion.”

Williams was not at practice Tuesday, but Johnson said Williams was sick that morning and it had nothing to do with the incident.

Carter, who was at practice Tuesday, said the fight was over “some football stuff.”

“That’s how it goes down. You know guys get heated and words are said and then it’s punches I guess,” said Carter.

Carter also said he’s getting off of Twitter to focus on a playoff run.

It’s not the first time Carter has been in a ruckus in the Canadian Football League.

In 2016, when Carter was with the Montreal Alouettes, the CFL suspended him for one game for his part in a wild melee against the Ottawa Redblacks.

As Carter walked by the Ottawa bench after a touchdown, he bumped into Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell, knocking him over. The Redblacks rushed to Campbell’s defence, throwing slaps and shots at Carter, who continued his celebration straight through the Ottawa bench area to his own bench, which was on the same side of the field.

Carter was released by Montreal in October 2016 after a feud with quarterback Rakeem Cato. He signed with the Riders in January 2017.