Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: A competitive competition

Hadyn Green

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:57:29 +1300

Isn’t there a cricket test on?

No I don't think so.

Hadyn Green

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:53:52 +1300

Not to get pissy on Christmas Eve but:

If you answered "a close competition" then you are in agreement with most sports fans around the world.
Say's who?
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People want to see skill. Even these statisticians have selected – MLB, NBA, Super14, EPL, NFL – the apex competitions of…

Graeme Edgeler

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:50:08 +1300

Wow – everyone completely beat me to it.

Bonus points are about trying to create a spectacle (that sports organisation believe sponsors want, because they in turn believe most punters want that).

Surely three 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw in soccer was about the same thing?…

LegBreak

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:28:41 +1300

It was as if someone invaded his body the way he batted.

A very Days 4 and 5 Vettori-like performance from Vettori again…

Peter Darlington

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:26:07 +1300

Isn’t there a cricket test on?

Gayle out for 197, damn, he deserved the 200 for the innings of the series.

Kyle Matthews

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:25:42 +1300

Off topic, but Patel just got Gayle out for 197. Game on if they can get the last two wickets quicksmart.

Naly D

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:23:43 +1300

So technically O'Brien took out 1st and 3rd.

Emma Hart

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:44:21 +1300

Ergo, she said, finally thinking, it must have been site not blog. Told you I wasn't listening.

Emma Hart

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:43:49 +1300

From memory, Cricinfo and Stuff.

Naly D

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:33:28 +1300

What were nos 1 and 2?

Keith Quinn from Beijing and Bryan Waddle from Dunedin/Napier?

LegBreak

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:31:24 +1300

Emma,

What were nos 1 and 2?

Emma Hart

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:30:20 +1300

Isn’t there a cricket test on?

Here you are, Ian O'Brien blogs from his bathtub.

I was half listening to Radio Sport this morning while packing, and they named this their #3 blog of the year.

Angus Robertson

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:19:29 +1300

If you answered "a close competition" then you are in agreement with most sports fans around the world.

Say's who?

People really want to see the best playing at their best, "close competition" is something we only say we want – mostly when our team is losing.

Tiger Woods dominated…

Jo S

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:25:43 +1300

I am kind of interested in what their measures of "evenness" are.
Do they use lots of different factors or just how close the points table is?
Will have to go check out the paper in Jan.

LegBreak

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:12:12 +1300

Isn’t there a cricket test on?

Naly D

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:28:23 +1300

Rookie draft! Rookie draft! Rookie draft!

Kyle Matthews

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:51:46 +1300

At a very basic level the research team created an "engine" that could determine the evenness of a sports competition. They then correlated those evenness scores with factors the various competitions had brought in to even them up. So in essence the team was able to determine how effective things…

Tom Semmens

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:10:25 +1300

Imagining the purpose of professional sport is all about allowing the best athletes to win the competition indicates to me the you have failed to see the woods for the trees, or alternatively you actually believe the advertising bullshit that surrounds it.

Professional sport is a branch of the entertainment…

Rachel Prosser

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:05:18 +1300

What is the most important thing for you in a sports competition? If you answered "a close competition" then you are in agreement with most sports fans around the world.

Oh Hadyn, you come with your logic and statistics, and like a dyed-in-the wool "insert party" voter, I will remain…

Public Address

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:05:18 +1300

Discussion from blog post.