Carpenter R. Greene Home is Where the Points Are Are Soccer leagues with high levels of parity between teams more affected by the concept of home field advantage? The world of team management and sports betting rely heavily on understanding how teams perform beyond player stats and win loss records. The concept of a home field advantage is not new to sports. An intrinsic value may exist between a team and their home crowd, enabling a team to play more effectively than statistics would predict. This paper intends to quantify the impact of home field advantage while controlling for variations of parity Researchers have theorized what factors cause home field advantage. The Institute for the Study of Labor, a German independent research group, published a study written by Thomas Dohmen in 2003 focusing on how a crowd may impact referees and force them to be partial to one team over another. The study determined that crowd size and position relative to the field are directly related to the number of favorable calls to the home team. In a similar vein, the book “Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won” by Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim discusses how referee bias affects games in the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, and NHL. The pair discovered that referees assign penalties and make decisions that are more likely to benefit the home team. Both of these studies show that home field advantage exists in some form, and how referee bias may impact a match. This paper will explain how a team may over perform or underperform against a team, based on whether they are playing at home or away. Data was collected from four regional European soccer leagues; the English Premier League, the German Bundesl... ... middle of paper ... ...leagues and seasons. Home field advantage contains many omitted variables such as match specific factors such as red cards not covered by the model, but by sampling thousands of matches, the model minimizes the impact these variables have on the result. Empirical results show that there is a statistical link between parity level and the tier of the team. Accounting for that, we were better able to quantify home field advantage as a factor of how many additional points the home team can earn in an average match. References Dohmen, Thomas J. Is Support of the Supporters? Do Social Forces Shape Decisions of the Impartial. N.p.: IZA, Apr. 2003. PDF. "ESPN FC." ESPNFC. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013. Moskowitz, Tobias J., and L. Jon. Wertheim. Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. New York: Crown Archetype, 2011. Print.
Baade, R. A., Baumann, R., & Matheson, V. A. (2008). Selling the game: Estimating the economic impact of professional sports through taxable sales. Southern Economic Journal, , 794-810.
Some of the most prolific franchises in sports, like the Oakland Raiders and Baltimore Colts of the National Football League, have moved to other cities breaking off their loyalty to the hometown fans. More important than the actual moves are the more frequent threatened moves. When teams “play the field” and explore the option of playing in other cities they are able to lure interested cities into giving them just about any royalty they want. New stadiums are only the beginning. The willingness to threaten departure has secured for teams a variety of land deals, lower taxes, more revenues from parking and concessions, control of stadium operations, guaranteed ticket sales, renovation of stadiums with luxury seating, control over neighborhoods and transportation systems, and that’s only the beginning of the list.
In order to determine the current success of the Nashville Sounds I surveyed fans of the game. I used the “snowball effect” to get responses from fans I knew and then had them refer me to fans they knew for responses to my questionnaire. I also submitted my questionnaire to a local blogger who discusses Nashville Sounds baseball. Garnering 38 responses, I feel I have gained knowledge of the typical fan as well as differences in the appeal of the game to different types of fans.
De Varona, D. (2003). ‘M’s’ in football: Myths, management, marketing, media and money. A reprise. Soccer & Society, 4, 7-13.
The main purpose of this investigation is to determine whether there is a relationship between successes of clubs in the English Premier League and the amount of money spent on their players. The type of data that will be collected is the weekly salary of the 11 starting players of each club in the premier league and the ranking of every team in the premier league this season. The data for this study and the rankings of the teams are the ones of November 4th 2013, and may be subject to c...
Noll, Roger, and Zimbalist, Andrew. Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums. Brooking institutions press, Summer 1997. Vol. 15 No. 3.
Soccer, or also known as “Football”, is one of the most popular outdoor team sports in Australia. In 2006, a total of 970,728 people in Australia played soccer, with 435,728 as registered players, and 535,000 as unregistered players. With coaches and referees included, it is estimated that about 3.1 million people are involved in the sport, which is higher than any other sport in Australia.
Leander Schaerlaeckens. "Parity Is a Problem For MLS." ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures, 03 Feb. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.
The football versus soccer battle lashes out on throughout recent years and has started some discussion. A percentage of the discussions that have been started between the two
Kaplan, Daniel. "The Soccer Theory of Globalization." Aidwatchers.com. Aid Watchers, 15 July 2009. Web. 04 Dec. 2013.
Home field advantage in sports has always been an ongoing topic of discussion. Teams who play at their home turf, play a lot better. Common knowledge, right? But does playing at home in the playoffs, really effect on whether you win the game and is the whole concept of home field advantage legitimate?
It was a bright, August day, with a temperature to match. At least 85°, sun outside was at its peak, with not a cloud to be seen for miles. Such a day is almost unheard of in southern Germany, where the weather tends to be milder year round. It was the perfect day to begin the new season, as well as my first match. I had played many games before this day – nine years’ worth in fact. However, they had all been in the United States, where football is the king of sports. Although the atmosphere was similar, there were distinct, yet almost intangible differences. Many devoted soccer fans do exist in the United States, but the aura at many matches seems to be rather lackluster. Many of those present appear to be disinterested, and it is rarer to see a full venue than in Europe. The set up and division of the sport alone set itself apart from the US. Schools do not have sports teams, only clubs and cities do. Most of the players had been with the same coach and team members since they...
In the world of sport, soccer and football with respect to demographic has had numerous controversies. Although both sport are known famously around the globe, for many years fans from both sides are known for asking, is American football same as soccer? What’s the time limit on both sports? What’s the game objective? Do they use the same ball? However they both have similarities and differences which I will be talking about in this essay.
The following chapter assess contributions to the literature, most notably the work of Linus Addae, Martin Owusu Amoamah, Iddrisu Wahab Abdul and Osei Antwi on the trend analysis of Manchester United. The methodology of the work is assessed, as well as the adopted model and corresponding interpretations. A summary chapter highlights the conclusion of the work followed by the bibliography and the estimated tables and
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