Sports Science Shorts: will baseball’s new proposed rule changes to speed the pace of play make the game more exciting and attract new fans?  What can we learn from similar attempts made in soccer? What determines a sport’s fans level of excitement

 

Articles:

How to Make Soccer More Attractive? Rewards for a Victory, the Teams' Offensiveness, and the Home Bias

Does the Three-Point Rule Make Soccer More Exciting? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design
Suspense: Dynamic Incentives in Sports Contests

Major League Baseball pace-of-play rules and their influence on predicted muscle fatigue during simulated baseball games

http://www.si.com/mlb/2017/02/13/raising-strike-zone-pace-action

 

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Silver Jews – Random Rules

Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy

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