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Ravens give fans chance to exhange Rice jerseys

Associated Press

BALTIMORE – More than 7,000 fans showed up to exchange their Ray Rice jerseys for those of other Ravens players during a two-day event at Baltimore’s home team officials said Saturday.

The Ravens handed out 5,595 new jerseys before running out before midday Saturday, then issued more than 2,400 vouchers for fans to pick up their jerseys once new shipments arrive in October.

Team spokesman Kevin Byrne said the Ravens spent “six figures” on the trade-in. He declined to disclose an exact figure.

“We anticipated over the two days getting about 5,000 people, so we got about 2,000 more,” Byrne said. “We just felt it was the right thing to do, and that’s why we did it.”

Fans began lining up as early as 4 a.m Friday. By the time gates opened at 8 a.m., there were estimated to be more than 1,000 people in a line that stretched at least halfway around the stadium.