Racists?

[Toadman15241]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Here you go, folks.....

A few months ago there was a study out, supposedly showing that basketball officials were biased against other races. We had a loooooong thread on it over on the bball forum. Now comes a study on beisbol saying the exact same thing about umpires(also supposedly).

Thoughts?

http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...652338,00.html

I have to comment on this. I am an economics graduate student and am currently writing my thesis on the same exact topic (using a different data set, and looking at the pitches being called on batters, not for pitchers). I got interested in the topic because as an umpire I keep seeing studies that state there is a bias with officials and I just do not believe it.

I have not yet read the study, just the story, but if the story is accurate the econometrics behind the study seem to be solid. I will post a detailed look at the study.