The COVID-19 pandemic provides a natural experiment to comprehensively test the effect of crowds on both referees and players. Our aim is to examine this from a North-American …
MC Leitner, F Richlan - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, European elite football (aka soccer) leagues played the remaining season 2019/20 without or strongly limited attendance of supporters (ie,“ghost …
The present paper investigates factors contributing to the home advantage, by using the exceptional opportunity to study professional football matches played in the absence of …
The home advantage (HA) affects football competitions, especially due to the presence of crowd support. Even though several studies demonstrated that HA (which is influenced by …
It is well documented that home field advantage is a significant determinant of team success. The specific mechanism of this advantage is difficult to identify. Is it players' superior …
Introduction. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, European elite football (soccer) leagues played the remaining season 2019/20 without or strongly limited attendance of supporters …
J Guérette, C Blais, D Fiset - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on professional sports, notably, forcing the National Hockey League to hold its 2020 playoffs in empty arenas. This provided an …
H Gong - Journal of Sports Economics, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study examines a specific type of referee biases, home bias, and analyzes how the presence of fans affects home bias by using NBA games played in empty arenas during …
DZ Szabó - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic provides a natural experimental framework to comprehensively test the effect of crowds on both referees and players. We examine this from a North …