Coaches: work those refs

[bisonaudit]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-coaches-yell-at-refs-because-it-freakin-works/

[BisonAccountant44]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-coaches-yell-at-refs-because-it-freakin-works/


The most common cue in sports is crowd noise, and because crowd noise almost always supports the home team, the way the fans sway the referees is the No. 1 driver (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C43GC4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1) of home-field advantage in sports. And one notable experiment (http://www.americankinesiology.org/AcuCustom/Sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/03_Unkelbach_jsep_09_0179.pdf) suggests that how loud a crowd is helps refs decide whether an interaction should be penalized.

You forgot about the fans.

[bisonaudit]

You forgot about the fans.

True. I just thought that we already knew that.