We are a biased bunch aren't we?

tjchamp · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 04:48pm

What do you think of this study?

Study: College referees hold home-team bias - ESPN

Back In The Saddle · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:02pm

Check out the other seven discussions about it.

Adam · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:17pm

Wow. This is getting funny now.

Back In The Saddle · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:29pm

This study may be getting more air play on officiating discussion boards than any other place. Ironic.

26 Year Gap · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:30pm

What is this 'we' stuff?

icallfouls · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:47pm

They left out one of the more intriguing statistics. The winning team only wins 50% of the time.

tjchamp · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:51pm

I guess I should have checked before I posted. I noticed the date on the article, and thought it was current news, and I haven't checked the board in awhile.

Adam · #8 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 05:59pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by icallfouls

They left out one of the more intriguing statistics. The winning team only wins 50% of the time.

That's a travesty.

Back In The Saddle · #9 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 06:04pm

Ah, but in every game 50% of the teams win, and 50% lose. That's just as Dr. Naismith designed the game, in it's purity. Any well-informed student of the game (especially those that played some college basketball or who referee locally) can easily and naturally extrapolate that 50% of the fouls should be called on each team.

BillyMac · #10 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 09:46pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Any well-informed student of the game (especially those that played some college basketball or who referee locally) can easily and naturally extrapolate that 50% of the fouls should be called on each team.

That's why when the coach points out that the foul count is eight to one, we make sure to call the next seven fouls on the other team, to even up the count. That's our job. It's in the Coach's Book O' Basketball Rules, so you know it's true.

CMHCoachNRef · #11 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 10:20pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillyMac

That's why when the coach points out that the foul count is eight to one, we make sure to call the next seven fouls on the other team, to even up the count. That's our job. It's in the Coach's Book O' Basketball Rules, so you know it's true.

Does this fit under the most misunderstood rules category?

Pirate · #12 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 10:24pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by icallfouls

They left out one of the more intriguing statistics. The winning team only wins 50% of the time.

Actually, I thought the winning team won 100% of the time

Back In The Saddle · #13 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 23, 2009, 10:35pm

It falls under "they'll never understand no matter how long we try to explain it"

aceholleran · #14 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 24, 2009, 04:14am

I'm a baseball guy, some years remnoved from doing hoops, but this is just absurd.

grunewar · #15 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 24, 2009, 05:57am

Quote:

Originally Posted by aceholleran

I'm a baseball guy, some years removed from doing hoops, but this is just absurd.

The article or our discussion about it?

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