Are SLN refs biased?
Are SLN refs biased?
We all know home court is a significant advantage in SLN (reference https://simleaguenirvana.proboards.com/ ... -advantage)
In the NBA, home court used to be (partially) explained by partying, drugs, alcohol, but thanks to Tinder has been muted (reference https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/p ... -today-nba)
Maybe the SLN guys are still partying hard. But maybe the refs in SLN just really like their home teams.
I took a look through all of the Grizzlies games this year. I manually recorded the fouls in each game so I only looked at my team's performance.
For all 44 Grizzlies games so far this season, the refs have called 2.6 more fouls per game on the away team compared to the home team.
On average, Grizz are committing 19.5 fouls per away game, and only 17 fouls at home. Like the rest of the league, it seems we got our refs on the payroll
Taken together, this pseudo-scientific analysis shows that refs favor home teams by ~2.5 fouls a game. Identifying how much of home advantage is driven by this is a larger, more complicated analysis, maybe something @Matt could be interested in
In the NBA, home court used to be (partially) explained by partying, drugs, alcohol, but thanks to Tinder has been muted (reference https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/page/p ... -today-nba)
Maybe the SLN guys are still partying hard. But maybe the refs in SLN just really like their home teams.
I took a look through all of the Grizzlies games this year. I manually recorded the fouls in each game so I only looked at my team's performance.
For all 44 Grizzlies games so far this season, the refs have called 2.6 more fouls per game on the away team compared to the home team.
On average, Grizz are committing 19.5 fouls per away game, and only 17 fouls at home. Like the rest of the league, it seems we got our refs on the payroll
Taken together, this pseudo-scientific analysis shows that refs favor home teams by ~2.5 fouls a game. Identifying how much of home advantage is driven by this is a larger, more complicated analysis, maybe something @Matt could be interested in
Last edited by Josh on February 28th, 2024, 2:37 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Are SLN refs biased?
Completely skewed statistics. No conversion from USD to loonies involved. No acknowledgement of canadas abysmal Referee School program. Canadian refs have long been givin too much latitude because they are foreigners and I think it’s long overdue we address that.
File it under Buzzfeed
File it under Buzzfeed
Are SLN refs biased?
Good thing Orlando has a lot of home games coming. We need that home cookin' Donaghy and Foster
Are SLN refs biased?
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Completely skewed statistics. No conversion from USD to loonies involved. No acknowledgement of canadas abysmal Referee School program. Canadian refs have long been givin too much latitude because they are foreigners and I think it’s long overdue we address that.
File it under Buzzfeed
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Completely skewed statistics. No conversion from USD to loonies involved. No acknowledgement of canadas abysmal Referee School program. Canadian refs have long been givin too much latitude because they are foreigners and I think it’s long overdue we address that.
File it under Buzzfeed
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