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Ray Lewis Is Sick of Replacement Officials, Calls on NFL to 'Get Regular Refs in Here'

Found September 17, 2012 on NESN.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Ray Lewis
TEAMS: Baltimore Ravens
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This is becoming a recurring theme each week this NFL season. Replacement officials botch a few calls that have an impact on the outcome of certain games, and then players gripe about the lack of quality in the officiating. But the reality is that players are justified in their assessments. Ray Lewis is just the most recent example of a player taking issue with the replacement refs, feeling lost and cheated after the Ravens suffered a one-point loss to the Eagles on Sunday. There are typically a few questionable calls in every game no matter whose officiating, and Lewis acknowledged...
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