Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Unfair refs



From Deadspin: http://deadspin.com/5279011/economists-confirm-that-nba-referees-are-biased

An academic study concludes that NBA zebras "tend to favor home teams, teams trailing in a game and teams trailing in a playoff series." Also, the team getting 10 points when Tim Donaghy is involved.

http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2009/06/professors_nba_officating_stud.html

Good article.

...But the same study found that NBA referees tend to favor home teams, teams trailing in a game and teams trailing in a playoff series...

So, NBA refs act like a Nintendo Wii. Fair enough.

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