Research: How does the lack of fans affect black players?

ayers performed better in games without fans.

 Last year, the coronavirus pandemic deprived all public stadiums to visit and forced football teams.

 Paulo Falco, professor of economics at the University of Copenhagen, collaborated with colleagues Mauro Caselli and Gianpiero Matera to study the impact of lack of fans on players, especially how it affects those who are racially harassed in the stands.

 Compare the performance of African-American players who played in the Italian Serie A before and after fans were banned from visiting the stadium. The raw data comes from an algorithm that combines data on goals, assists, assists, distance and various other indicators.

 After analyzing these numbers, researchers found that black players’ performance in the first half of 2020 increased by 3%. -The 2019 season is now playing. The attendance was large and there have been no gatherings in the past few months. On the other hand, there is no difference between players of other races. Of course, there are other factors that can play a role here. Throughout the season, the 3% improvement for a single player is not surprising, but only black players showed this. In addition, Falco and his staff found that prior to the blockade, players whose teams recorded incidents of racial violence improved the most. There is a special problem in Italy.

 According to the Italian Football Association, more than 600 cases of racism occurred there in six years.In the UK, the incidence of racial violence in stadiums is relatively low, so the impact in other leagues may not be so obvious.