Soccer Referees and Crowds......Survey Says?

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Welpe

More bull puckey "research".

I disagree. Bear in mind that Italian officials deal with crowds that sometimes resort to hooliganism we'll never see here in the U.S. Try working those atmospheres and tell us all they'll have zero effect on you.

[sseltser]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I disagree. Bear in mind that Italian officials deal with crowds that sometimes resort to hooliganism we'll never see here in the U.S. Try working those atmospheres and tell us all they'll have zero effect on you.

Perhaps the players are also affected by crowds? This is another poential explanation for fewer fouls called in games without spectators.

Correlation does not equal causation.