The probability of a team winning is noticeably affected by the racial composition of the refereeing crew.
2 05 2007“… the probability of a team winning is noticeably affected by the racial composition of the refereeing crew.”
- Justin Wolfers & Joseph Price, authors of an academic study on NBA referees.
“…the probability of a team winning is noticeably affected by the IQ of the refereeing crew.”
- Me
I beleive that who Brittney Spears is bangin’ is more relavent than the race of the referees!
NBARefsSuck but it has more to do with the NBA and their lame policies than race!
I haven’t read the actual academic study. I believe it’s probably accurate. But what are they using as a control group? I’d like them to compare it to the NCAA refs.
Like Barkley said, they figured all of this out looking at the box score and not by watching the games.
I think it just adds to what I’ve been saying all along, you can’t get a fair game called in the NBA.