I haven't seen anybody on TV give this study any credibility.

Yada, yada, yada...I just wasted 2 minutes of my life reading this thread.

This is just stupid. I'm sure that Al Sharpton will be on tv later blasting David Stern for running a racist league!!! Stupidity and ignorance...

And the professor probably received a huge grant to perform his "study". I think I may apply for one of those things. I say hogwash, BTW.

:thumb: I agree.

This might be the biggest joke in sports this year, I can believe that someone would actually try to study this. It's ridiculous. I love the comments made by Charles Barklery about this topic, he's hilarious.

I love Barkley's comments on the matter and how he feels it was to dumbest study he has ever heard of. Classic Charles!

 

Kobe made a comment that he felt he got more technicals from black officials then from white officials and joked that it was 'reverse racisim'.

 

Although the NBA is predominately black, ... 2 of the 3 leading foulers in the NBA where white according to the NBA and ESPN. I think this survey is a JOKE, .. but that's just my opinion!

Some of you guys don't seem to grasp what the study was measuring, as 02 pointed out. Its more a measure on human nature than it is to the NBA. Heck, it even said that the blacks are only having .12 to .2 more fouls per 48 minutes played. Even the authors of the study admitted its not a big deal. However, it does raise the obvious question as to "why?" Its absolutely a fair study and is not flawed. The authors asked for specific game officials data but the league would not cooperate. The authors even agreed to a confidentiality agreement and, again, the league declined.

 

The study by commissioned by the league has been discredited by all of the top experts .

 

Again, this is more of a study on human nature and that's what should make us curious.

They took stats out of a Box score. They didn't watch every single game. So how exactly do they know what officals are calling what?

They took stats out of a Box score. They didn't watch every single game. So how exactly do they know what officals are calling what?

 

I don't recall the exact numbers but I think it was something like 1400 games. They were not measuring individual refs. They were measuring the racial composition of the 3-man crew assigned to each game.

I honestly believe that the media wants there to be racism in the world, especially after the Tubby Smith fiasco, but this takes the cake.

I don't recall the exact numbers but I think it was something like 1400 games. They were not measuring individual refs. They were measuring the racial composition of the 3-man crew assigned to each game.

If they used box scores how does that make ense? They might be able to tell what color the ref(s) were but there is no telling who called what foul.

If they used box scores how does that make ense? They might be able to tell what color the ref(s) were but there is no telling who called what foul.

 

First, I would suggest everyone read the actual report. Since the NBA did not provide the data , the report looked at the relationship between fouls against whites vs blacks by the racial makeup of the officiating crew. One was 100% white, one was 100% black, 33% white, 33% black, etc.

Here's a thought: Lets actually read the study.

 

http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/sports/20070501-wolfers-NBA-race-study.pdf

 

Note the fact that whites were found to be affected adversely as well based upon the racial makeup of the crew. That should satisfy some of you.

The majority of white players in the NBA are either point guards or power forwards -- neither of which are traditionally fouled as often as slashers and finishers.

 

You could shoot holes in this thing all day -- bogus report. I love when stats are twisted around to create conspiracy theories where one clearly doesn't exist.

 

Read the study. The factors you mention, and many more, were taken into account.

 

This wasn't a report put together by a first year economics student. Penn and Cornell usually hire and train some pretty talented folks. They didn't just fall off of the turnip truck.