51 – Rule Changes to Make Sports More Exciting

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Sports Science Shorts: will baseball’s new proposed rule changes to speed the pace of play make the game more exciting and attract new fans? What can we learn from similar attempts made in soccer? What determines a sport’s fans level of excitement
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Articles:
How to Make Soccer More Attractive? Rewards for a Victory, the Teams’ Offensiveness, and the Home Bias
Does the Three-Point Rule Make Soccer More Exciting? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design
Suspense: Dynamic Incentives in Sports Contests
Major League Baseball pace-of-play rules and their influence on predicted muscle fatigue during simulated baseball games
http://www.si.com/mlb/2017/02/13/raising-strike-zone-pace-action

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