51 – Rule Changes to Make Sports More Exciting

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   More information: http://perceptionaction.com/ My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles) My ASU Web page Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)     Credits: The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action Silver Jews – Random Rules Mark Lanegan - Saint Louis Elegy via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com