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Old Fri Sep 18, 2009, 08:33am
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Originally Posted by tarheelcoach View Post
But the discussion was about whether a loud home crowd has an effect on the officials. The former player seemed to think that officials were influenced by the crowd, the professional announcer felt otherwise.
Players and announcers know little about officiating. The more I learn about officiating, the deeper becomes my grasp of this axiom.

The entire discussion is moot. The only way to sort the issue would be to play a large number of games with and without fans to control for the alleged fan effect. And where's the profit in that?
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