A Violent Response to Changing the Rules of the Game: The Case of "The Split" in Scottish Premier League Soccer

The Scottish Premier League features the "split," in which the league separates into two divisions after 33 games. This paper tests whether club behavior related to aggressive play is affected by the split. Our results indicate that there is no difference in the way bottom and top teams us...

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Published in:Eastern economic journal 2014-10, Vol.40 (4), p.473-487
Main Authors: Dansby, Ryan, Jewell, R. Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggressiveness
Coefficients
Corrals
D22
Economic models
Economic research
Economic theory
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Games
L83
Original Article
Professional soccer
Rivalry
Sabotage
Scheduling
Soccer
Sports
Sports rules
Statistical significance
Studies
Symposium on Sports Economics
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Summary:The Scottish Premier League features the "split," in which the league separates into two divisions after 33 games. This paper tests whether club behavior related to aggressive play is affected by the split. Our results indicate that there is no difference in the way bottom and top teams use normal fouls during post-split games. However, teams in the top division experience more yellow-card fouls after the split than teams in the bottom division. Thus, the split appears to influence the behavior of teams in the top and bottom divisions differentially with respect to more serious misconduct and aggression.
ISSN:0094-5056
1939-4632
DOI:10.1057/eej.2014.27