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And I just read the article. I'm not going to pretend to speak for NFL refs on this, since my football experience is very limited in context.
Statistically, I'd be looking for other correlating variables and need to see the raw numbers. I really don't have time to look into it, though.
And yes, there's perhaps a bit of bias coming from officials who read this, because we know better. We know better because we know as well as anyone the pressure to please a sideline or crowd, so we actively fight it until it no longer affects us. As we get to higher levels, the only crowd who matters is the crowd of officials evaluating the games we do.
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