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Found it
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8531
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/01/which_sport_has.htmlThey didn't do cricket or rugby (or rugby league for that matter) because they aren't closely followed in the US. Should I dare attempt it for this years NRL and NPC? And how did they know if it was an upset? going back 100 years they didn't have sports betting and home ground advantage in football can be a lot more important than say it is in baseball.
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From memory it was the top football leagues in Spain, England and Italy and all of the American professional (male) sports. So not the best study in the world.
Cheers. I might have to do a bit of google research on it later since I'm a sad statto sport sap when I get the freetime.
I'd guess that the upsets should mirror fairly closely the level of spending control over the leagues (amongst other factors like the size of the teams and cities), ie salary caps.
Since the NRL got one it's been damn near impossible to tip each week with most tipsters going at about 58-65% success and that would be roughly the number of results that go the favourites way.
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It wasn't so much ignoring my favourite sport Hadyn, as ignoring ALL other sports ;)
I think I'm going to tip the Sea Eagles by a smallish margin. Hopefully the game lives up to what it should be which is a bloody fascinating duel between two teams with dangerous attacks and miserable as hell defence.
Is that upset study done across a large number of top level sport around the world or just 3 different competitions? I'd have thought that the best way of telling would be to look at the win loss records of all the sides. The bigger the spread the fewer upsets, the closer the sides the more upsets.
Going by that ill thought out theory the MLB would probably have more upsets than any other comps as the best record this year compared to the worst record doesn't seem that outrageously different. Despite being about 45 wins behind :)
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Bloody hell.
I've blown my 2,000 already.
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This thread is like, so gay.
I grant you all 2,000 dollars to spend on the study of genitalia. I'm off right now to check some ....
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http://www.jerseys.com.au/images/02.08_retropanthers280.jpg
The panthers jersey must be mentioned (if not shown)
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I think everybody has missed the BIG question here.
But it's one that did not escape practically all of my high school students when they heard about the scholarship last week.
"How do they know that you are gay?"
Several proposed telling whomever they apply to that they are gay and want the 2 grand. Others were willing to go and pash another member of the same sex to try to get the money.
It's not quite the same as getting a beige colour chart from Taubmans and lining it up next to your skin to see if you qualify for that PI scholarship.
Maybe they check how you dress?
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OK whingeing bitch mode here, but Hadyn.
"**Rugby** Fashion" would probably be a more apt title.
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Oh, I was talking about Auckland in that second paragraph comparing it to Sydney.
I'm a westie and there is a cycle lane along a good chunk of the northwestern but to be honest aside from the diehards it isn't that well patronised.
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Is it fair to compare it to the Sydney Harbour bridge? and say 2-3% of their traffic is walking or cycle meaning the Auckl bridge may get 5,000 each way a day?
I have never been to Sydney and don't know the geography quite so well but the northern end of the harbour bridge runs out along the waters edge and has piss all suburban areas near at at that side.
It's not that likely that folks in the cbd area are going to need it to go anywhere.
Then there's the weather .... :(
I'm not trying to be negative but I'd be surprised if many people really did get off their arses and ride or walk a bloody long way from the shore to even get to the bridge which is essentially who this is for.
It's like those gym memberships that end up costing 600 bucks for 6 visits.