NFL - Is home team advantage dropping?
A friend of mine put this together. Apologize if formatting is off...
...... W - L
2007 64 - 51
2006 136 - 120
2005 151 - 105
2004 145 - 111
2003 157 - 99
2002 148 - 107
2001 136 - 112
2000 138 - 110
1999 146 - 102
1998 151 - 89
1997 145 - 95
1996 149 - 91
1995 144 - 96
Totals 1810 - 1288, 58.4%
Last 5 years 653 - 486, 57.3%
Last 3 years 351 - 276, 56.0%
May not be a huge shift, but seems like there is one. Two questions:
- Any adjustments to be made from this over the coming years?
- What could be causing this? The only thing we could come up with is cushier stadiums and better conditions for visitting teams, but that doesn't seem like it'd cover that much...
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