Re: Sport Most Afffected by Questionable Officiating Decisions
I think baseball has the most potential due to the arbitrary nature of balls and strikes, but I think generally umpires do a good job of being consistent to both teams, Livan Hernandez in the playoffs excepted. Basketball, especially college basketball, is affected most by referee calls since every third game it seems has a star player get into questionable foul trouble and miss large parts of the game. Some of this is coaching, I feel that coaches are way too conservative when keeping guys on the bench, but it's still a direct outcome of poor officiating.
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