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Re:Empty stadiums have shrunk football teams’ home advantage by ComputerGuru on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:51PM (#24001643)
The assumption was that teams from the Midwest would suffer least if it were purely distance (as they have the least shift/average travel) but that didn't bear out.
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Re:Empty stadiums have shrunk football teams’ home advantage by dmurray on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:41PM (#24004046)
Have they? They have to travel half the distance, 100% of the time, compared to the coastal teams who travel the full distance across America half the time. That's in the "spherical cow" situation where all the East teams play in New York and all the West Coast teams play in LA...but if you add up the real miles travelled its probably within 20%.
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Re:Empty stadiums have shrunk football teams’ home advantage by ComputerGuru on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:54PM (#24005200)
Sure, but they never\* have to travel the full coast-to-coast, which is presumably where the worst of its effects, if any, would be realized.
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