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Post by detroitbasketball on May 2, 2007 15:51:32 GMT -5
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bdes
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Post by bdes on May 2, 2007 15:57:32 GMT -5
Wow that is ridiculous. Who comes up with that kinda stuff, seriously.
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darjarbinx
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Post by darjarbinx on May 2, 2007 16:58:19 GMT -5
That article was so terrible. The study fails to note there is at least a 10:1 black to white ratio and of course black players will draw more fouls because they are on the court more.
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Post by Cerrano39 on May 2, 2007 23:43:48 GMT -5
Honestly, black refs ALWAYS call fouls on Wally and Scalabrine. Can't tell you how many games that cost us!
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Post by paranoia13 on May 3, 2007 0:57:39 GMT -5
Dark Chocolates will always be look down on
White Chocolate will be always be superior
Ligth Chocolate what the hell are you guys here for?...
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Post by dkgojackets on May 3, 2007 11:06:20 GMT -5
one of the stupidest things ive ever heard of
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McGahee
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Post by McGahee on May 3, 2007 14:14:24 GMT -5
I love how all the black players who were interviewed make fun of the guys who did the study...
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JackTheRipper
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Post by JackTheRipper on May 3, 2007 14:39:16 GMT -5
And a major glaring flaw in this "study" is they have no idea which ref called which foul because they simply took the stats from box scores.
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Post by robino2001 on May 6, 2007 9:40:20 GMT -5
Maybe they forgot to consider the fact that....there are MORE BLACK PLAYERS IN THE NBA THAN WHITE PLAYERS? Wow that is ridiculous. Who comes up with that kinda stuff, seriously. That article was so terrible. The study fails to note there is at least a 10:1 black to white ratio and of course black players will draw more fouls because they are on the court more. Really? Is everyone so unscientific minded that you really think the guys who put out this study from ivy league institutions would fail to take that into consideration? Did anyone actually read any of the numbers? Understand significance testing? I did not read the article from AOL, but I did read the horribly in depth one actually published by the NYTimes. And a major glaring flaw in this "study" is they have no idea which ref called which foul because they simply took the stats from box scores. While it is a small problem, it's statistically compensated for - it's not like they tried to hide that fact. The thing is, so Stern says they did the same study where they took who called what foul into consideration and showed absolutely no relationship at all. Okay, fine and dandy, but then they refuse to show any of their data or sources. Do we trust them just like we do when the government puts something out. Rule #1 of the real world - anyone can put out any report that you want showing whatever result you want but discriminating the data. You prove your report is not biased by presenting your data - the NBA refuses to do that. The last thing they want is anyone thinking their refs are biased, so they want to just brush off any outside report. While it sounds absurd - if you really read and understand it, there is a somewhat solid basis of this report. |
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