Whistles against goals

I just find it curious that so many people seem to be convinced — yet at the same time, a surprisingly large number of those I would classify as sufficiently intelligent, yet so heavily influenced by the media?! — that the many handball discussions are triggered by the malice of the referees or the indecisiveness…

The home advantage

An article was found on the internet dealing with the declining home advantage in the 1st Bundesliga. You can find this article at http://www.n-tv.de/sport/dossier/Auswaertssiege-nehmen-zu-article646784.html. There are a number of remarkable things about it. For example, that extensive studies were made about it. Well, these were not “studied”, so a real judgement is not possible. Nevertheless,…