This is a proven world wide phenomenon.
Yet the AFL is so arrogant and so full of media spin they want to pretend our game is immune from this. That somehow our umpires are more professional than every other sport in the world. Less human.
What was it Dennis Pagan used to say?
"Don't piss in my pocket and tell me its raining"
Here are some interesting academic research articles on this topic. The crowd noise phenomenon has been known about for decades!
In Support of the Supporters? Do Social Forces Shape Decisions of the Impartial?
Influence of crowd noise on soccer refereeing consistency in soccer
"Football Freakonomics": How Advantageous Is Home-Field Advantage? And Why?
Yet the AFL is so arrogant and so full of media spin they want to pretend our game is immune from this. That somehow our umpires are more professional than every other sport in the world. Less human.
What was it Dennis Pagan used to say?
"Don't piss in my pocket and tell me its raining"
Here are some interesting academic research articles on this topic. The crowd noise phenomenon has been known about for decades!
In Support of the Supporters? Do Social Forces Shape Decisions of the Impartial?
Influence of crowd noise on soccer refereeing consistency in soccer
"Football Freakonomics": How Advantageous Is Home-Field Advantage? And Why?