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Ray Lewis: Lockout will lead to rise in crime

by theGrio | May 23, 2011 at 11:05 AM
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Ray LewisBefore winning the Super Bowl (and MVP award) in 2000, Ray Lewis was arrested on murder charges following a fight that broke out a party in Atlanta. Lewis reached a settlement and built his reputation back up by winning the Super Bowl in 2000 (and the MVP award) and through his admirable off-the-field work.(AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

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There seems to be a prevailing theory that the current lockout has led to more off-the-field trouble for NFL players. (Though you could also chalk it up to more attention on the behavior of players, if you’re so inclined.)

Ray Lewis has a more interesting sociological theory, however, in that he believes general crime will rise if the lockout continues into the season.

“Do this research if we don’t have a season — watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game,” Lewis said in an interview with ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio.

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