Ray Lewis: Crime Will Increase If NFL Lockout Continues Into Regular Season (VIDEO)

Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio that he believes there will be an increase in crime if the lockout continues into the regular season.

The 36-year-old said that people, not just NFL players, will turn to criminal activity without a regular season because "there's nothing else to do."

"Do this research if we don't have a season," he said. "Watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up, if you take away our game."

The Pro Bowl linebacker discussed how the lockout affects "way more than" the players and owners.

"There's too many people that live through us, people live through us," Lewis said. "Yeah, walk in the streets, the way I walk the streets, and I'm not talking about the people you see all the time."

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Comments

[miketothad]

09:45 PM on 06/06/2011

Ray is correct.

[TRRoughRider]

10:37 PM on 06/02/2011

This guy has either taken too many hits to the head or is positioning himself to run for Governor of Maryalnd as a republican. What a ludicrous statment. What is next....tax cuts for the wealthy create jobs.

[FamesterMedia]

10:29 PM on 06/01/2011

This guy cant be serious. famester.com

[FamesterMedia]

10:28 PM on 06/01/2011

Unbelievable. Nothing but stupidity has ever come out of this guy's mouth. He's lucky he's one of the best defensive players to ever play the game. famester.com

[mightymex62]

09:03 PM on 06/01/2011

Hmmm did crime rate go up when baseball went on strike. Where are all those workers now. I am sure the people who go to games spend there time elsewhere when football is over. The only ones who are probably going to be hurt are the people who make the big profit from 5 dollar beer and hot dogs hmmm who would that be the owners. I am sure most of the vendors don't make there lively hood off of selling just food on sunday

[kiddub]

12:07 PM on 06/01/2011

I would agree. I'd be interested to see how crime rates are affected in February and March after the NFL season is over though. Hockey and basketball?

[Ken Washam]

10:10 AM on 05/28/2011

Without fantasy football, I may have to resort to crime. LOL

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[Ellis Wyms]

03:37 AM on 05/28/2011

Maybe. Instead of being at home watching the game you may be out committing a felony. I can see the argument.

[Rick Meyer]

10:49 AM on 05/25/2011

And Lewis would know quite a bit about committing crime wouldn't he? Wasn't he associated with an untimely death a few years back?

[mataylor16]

09:25 AM on 05/25/2011

HA! While he may be right, the fact that its Ray saying this is hysterical!

[kwapiv]

12:25 AM on 05/25/2011

Gosh, I thought he was going to have some reasonable logic, logic I wouldn't necessarily have co-signed by at least understood, but what I just read was just blahhhh

[Davest]

08:09 PM on 05/24/2011

Because the players will be out on the street instead of at the complex at practice?

[chaz]

07:04 PM on 05/24/2011

Talk about an EGO!

[wgagirl]

03:35 PM on 05/24/2011

No wonder I'm a steelers fan. That's a pretty tall soap box Ray Ray is on. I love football, will miss the season terribly, but I don't live my life thru anyone. Okay...maybe Troy, but that's bcuz he is super duper awesome!

[Quinn M]

02:18 PM on 05/24/2011

He's right, but mainly because so many in the NFL are, in fact, criminals.