TFD: Video -- 25th anniversary Wednesday of classic ref "giving him the business" penalty

Good times.

October 4, 2011 at 10:36PM

Former NFL official Ben Dreith is perhaps best known for his 1986 call, when he announced a personal foul because a Jets defensive player was giving Bills QB Jim Kelly "the business." Wednesday, from what we are told, is the 25th anniversary of that fateful and still-hilarious call. Please do enjoy:

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