https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...freakin-works/
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Originally Posted by bisonaudit
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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 of home-field advantage in sports. And one notable experiment suggests that how loud a crowd is helps refs decide whether an interaction should be penalized.
You forgot about the fans.
True. I just thought that we already knew that.Quote:
Originally Posted by BisonAccountant44