Call ‘Em as they are: What’s Wrong with Blown Calls and What to do about them

References

• Anderson, Kyle J., and Pierce, David A. 2009. “Officiating Bias: The Effect of Foul Differential on Foul Calls in NCAA Basketball.” Journal of Sports Science 27 (7): 687–694.10.1080/02640410902729733
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arnold, Peter J. 2001. “Three Approaches toward an Understanding of Sportsmanship.” In Sports Ethics: An Anthology, edited by Jan Boxill. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
   Google Scholar
• Berman, Mitchell N. 2011. “On Interpretivism and Formalism in Sports Officiating: From General to Particular Jurisprudence.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 38 (2): 177–196.10.1080/00948705.2011.10510421
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berman, Mitchell N. 2011. “Replay.” California Law Review 99: 1683–1743.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Collins, Harry. 2010. “The Philosophy of Umpiring and the Introduction of Decision-Aid Technology.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 37 (2): 135–146.10.1080/00948705.2010.9714772
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davison, Scott A. 2007. “The Breaks of the Game.” In Basketball and Philosophy: Thinking outside the Paint, edited by J. Walls and G. Bassham, 83–93. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press.
   Google Scholar
• Drehs, Wayne. 2007a. “Expert Explains the Many Ways a Crooked Referee Could Fix Bets.” ESPN, July 22. Accessed January 1, 2013. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=expertexplainsNBAbets.
   Google Scholar
• Drehs, Wayne. 2007b. “Numbers Indicate Unlikely Outcomes in Games Donaghy Officiated.” ESPN, July 23. Accessed January 1, 2013. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=expertstatsdonaghy.
   Google Scholar
• Flint, Thomas P. 2007. “The Basket That Never Was.” In Basketball and Philosophy: Thinking outside the Paint, edited by J. WALLS and G. BASSHAM 244–255. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press.
   Google Scholar
• Keri, Jonah. 2009. “Does Baseball Need Umpires?” The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 14. Accessed April 24, 2014. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704107204574469381382610114.
   Google Scholar
• Kranjec, Alexander, Matthew Lehet, Bianca Bromberger, and Anjan Chatterjee. 2010. “A Sinister Bias for Calling Fouls in Soccer.” PLoS ONE 5 (7): e1167.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moskowitz, Tobias J., and L. Jon Wertheim. 2011. Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. New York: Three Rivers Press.
   Google Scholar
• Mumford, Stephen. 2006. “Truth Makers for Judgement Calls.” European Journal of Sport Science 6 (3): 179–186.10.1080/17461390600676267
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parsons, Christopher, Johan Sulaeman, Michael C. Yates, and Daniel S. Hamermesh. 2011. “Strike Three: Discrimination, Incentives, and Evaluation.” American Economic Review 101: 1410–1435.10.1257/aer.101.4.1410
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Price, Joseph, Marc Remer, and Daniel F. Stone. 2012. “Sub-Perfect Game: Profitable Biases of NBA Referees.” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 21 (1): 271–300.10.1111/jems.2012.21.issue-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Quinn, T. J., and Willie Weinbaum. 2010. “Study Shows 1 in 5 Close Calls Wrong.” ESPN, August 16. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=5464015.
   Google Scholar
• Reitsma, Regan Lance, and Gregory Bassham. 2008. “The Goal That Was and Wasn’t.” Think: Philosophy for Everyone 19 (7): 79–84.
   Google Scholar
• Russell, J. S. 1997. “The Concept of a Call in Baseball.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport XXIV: 21–37.10.1080/00948705.1997.9714537
   Google Scholar
• Russell, J. S. 2013. “Coaching and Undeserved Competitive Success.” In The Philosophy of Coaching: Moral, Legal, and Social Issues, edited by Robert Simon, 103–120. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
   Google Scholar
• Schneider, Angela J. 2001. “Fruits, Apples, and Category Mistakesn Sport, Games, and Play.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport XXVIII: 151–159.10.1080/00948705.2001.9714610
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simon, R. L. 2007. “Deserving to Be Lucky: Reflections on the Role of Luck and Desert in Sports.” Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 34: 13–25.10.1080/00948705.2007.9714706
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suits, Bernard. 2005. The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia. Peterborough: Broadview Press.
   Google Scholar
• Thu, Kendall M., et al. 2002. “Keeping the Game Close: ‘Fair Play’ among Men’s College Basketball Referees.” Human Organization 61 (1): 1–8.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yasinskas, Pat. 2012. “Replay System Evolving Nicely.” ESPN.Com: NFC South Blog, July 4. http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/36025/replay-system-evolving-nicely.
   Google Scholar