The Daily Stat: An Economist Finds That Many NFL Players' Infractions Go Undetected

 

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December 06, 2013 An Economist Finds That Many NFL Players' Infractions Go Undetected Officials in the U.S. National Football League detect just 60% of on-field infractions such as holding, according to a mathematical study by economist Carl Kitchens of the University of Mississippi. In analyzing play-by-play data for every regular-season game in the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 NFL seasons, Kitchens found that being near an official greatly increases a player's chances of being caught breaking a rule. In conclusion, he says, "there is plenty of reason for coaches to be screaming up and down the sidelines at officials for missed calls that potentially affect the outcome of games." SOURCE: Identifying Changes in the Spatial Distribution of Crime: Evidence from a Referee Experiment in the National Football League

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