Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

May be something to the curse of the black jersey after all.

Study: Referees punish sports teams with black jerseys more harshly | The Raw Story

Re: Studies show that teams wearing black jersies arep penalized more harshley
 

As Spock always said..........."fascinating." :smile:

Re: Studies show that teams wearing black jersies arep penalized more harshley
 

Huh ? well apparently the all white team does too.
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Re: Studies show that teams wearing black jersies arep penalized more harshley
 

Spell check Dude lol. Just messing with ya... interesting idea though.

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

Its all the Raiders fault.

Now lets bring out the GOLD alternate jerseys.

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

Don't be such a wuss ;-)

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

Oh boy....

" First, the act of wearing a black uniform may make players more aggressive." I flag this statement... The players cant see them selves, its the equivalent of saying black socks and underwear make a salesman more aggressive. Or sitting in a black car makes a driver more aggressive.

NFL Football Stats - NFL Team Penalties per Game on TeamRankings.com

There are always 2-3 most AND least penalized teams that wear black.... That is an even spread when there are 6 black jersey-ed teams.

That's 2 in the top, 2 in the middle, 2 in the bottom.


Hog wash

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

I thought the study was, any team wearing Black, named the Saints, were penalized more. Maybe that's just what we are expecting this year.

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

Black jerseys, black pants, black socks, black cleats, subdued numbers, and black helmet w/gold (mint gold) fleur-de-lis on helmet.

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

Racists ... :)

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

I had actually heard this as sort of an old wives' tale, long time ago (about the black jerseys).

I believe they also did a study in the early 2000s, using anonymous questionnaires and real refs, where they basically asked refs questions about the games they had just refereed, right afterwards, then stripped the names and the teams off the responses and evaluated what their impressions of the game were. I believe I remember reading that the study found that, the refs tend to make more game calls in favor of the team they think in their mind is "better," ruling pass completions, spotting first downs with generous forward progress, roughing the passer or punter with only minor contact etc. They reviewed the ref's responses anonymously, and then viewed the actual plays in question, it was really neat. I should look and see if I can find this online, it was really interesting. The article was around that time, the year we got totally screwed by the refs in that Carolina game that kinda cost us the division.

Re: Studies: teams wearing black jerseys are penalized more harshley
 

I suppose my Username makes me an aggressive poster. Dam near violent with the font.

I suppose I reply like Ivory runs.....