Study shows shorter referees call more fouls
 

This post gave me a good laugh today!
I can't wait to see Chuck's response.

*Note that the photo is of Joey Crawford and that he is the only NBA official named in the article.

I resemble that remark! :D

MTD, Sr.

It's all in the angles
 

I always thought that it's because fouls look different from below than they do from above . . .

So, this guy calls about 1000 fouls each game?


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A total waste of time. The concusion being that a "short" referee would call one more foul over a period of 480 minutes (10 games?). The only thing I find surprising is that it wasn't funded by the federal government. It's useless and dumb enough.

This Just In...
 

Smart coaches yell at the referees less.

In deference to APG, I refuse to comment on this article. :D

It's a foul rate per player. So one more foul per two games. It appears to just be some graduate school research. Why the strong negative reaction? Personally I find studies like this a fascinating window into how the sports are officiated.

Study: Taller Officials Let the Game Get Out of Control by Calling Fewer Fouls

I agree. I find these things interesting -- and I agree with Rob as to why this is the case. It makes sense that officials who see things from slightly different angles would have slightly different frequency of calls.

I find it to be another excuse/reason to attack officials. Any coach (at any level) that happens to see the study/article might come tothe conclusion that taller refs are going to give them a better game. Hogwash.

It causes me to wonder why the variable (height) was chosen. Why not skin color? Baldness? Birthdate? Weight? Just seems like a silly waste of time to me.

I mostly agree. The choice of the study is nothing more than a veiled attack suggesting that people that were likely not high level players (that being a somewhat reasonable assumption since height is clearly and advantage for players) can't understand the game.

If instead, they had broken down the foul rate by 20 different criteria and presented it as a whole, it might have been a valid study.

As An Elephant's Eye ...
 

Not quite. It's: Taller Officials Don't Call Game Interrupters And, Therefore, Do A Better Job At Keeping The Game Flowing

I'm A Virgo, I Perform Tasks With Machine Like Planning And Accuracy ...
 

So? What's your sign good looking?