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Old Thu Nov 20, 2008, 05:38pm
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Originally Posted by TXMike View Post
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This begs the question of how supposedly experienced referees could have blown such a critical call because they didn't know the rules. It raises a rather ugly question of just how competent some of these officials really are.
The article has the mandatory sportswriters' abuse of this phrase.

Weirdly, the second sentence exhibits correct usage.

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