[HN Gopher] Referees' home-bias in football disappears without a...
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       Referees' home-bias in football disappears without audience: study
        
       Author : the-dude
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2021-04-23 09:23 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | mdeck_ wrote:
       | > Conclusion
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       | > We can see that referees' bias towards away sides has
       | completely changed without an audience in stadiums.
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       | > Previously, away sides used to get more yellow cards in all
       | leagues, and they also had an inferior fouls to cards ratio.
       | However, without an audience, the disparity has disappeared, and
       | in fact, the trend has reversed in some leagues.
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       | Um, where is the analysis explaining why these circumstances are
       | concluded to be evidence of differential _referee_ treatment of
       | (identical) behavior by the soccer players rather than identical
       | referee treatment of differential behavior by _the soccer
       | players_? This seems like an enormous premise that--correct or
       | not--is accepted without a moment's consideration.
        
         | fwip wrote:
         | Home team referee bias is well known across many sports.
         | 
         | If you Google it, you may find helpful studies like this one
         | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070403112044.h...
        
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