Steratore, of course, exhibited the stereotype of game officials that has been perpetuated for seemingly forever on Sunday when he ignored the obvious, and mis-ruled a fumble in favor of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who went on to beat Miami as a result. Of course, the Dolphins have a gripe, but as of this writing, the NFL hasn't issued any sort of apology for this act of incompetence. The conspiracy theorists, and there are probably quite a few in Dolphin teal & white, will point to the fact that Steratore is a Pittsburgh native, so some home town bias might have been at work. That theory can't be proven or disproven, but at the end of the day, Steratore goofed, plain & simple.
Should the two teams meet in the playoffs, maybe the Dolphins should petition the league to have anyone but Steratore be the referee. Or, at the very least, have the arbiter take a lie detector test to prove he wasn't on the take. It's either that, or serve coffee instead of beer at the concessions that day......
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