By David Butler
Sports stars have a habit of sharing a lot of personal milestones with their fans. Thanks to the multiball system Richarlson could tell the world of his good news after scoring for Tottenham yesterday. A thumb quickly went into his mouth, and a ball beneath his shirt. Others, like Savinho, are even more explicit when it comes to life events – he took to social media over Christmas to announce that his wife Anna was expecting their first child. A few years back Raul Jiminez even claimed that since he found out the news, he’d been scoring more goals.
Expectancy in sports is one issue we address in our recent paper published in Kyklos – The Baby Club . While it is not possible to isolate the precise date that the good news for players is received based on the actual date of birth, it is workable to estimate a window when the information arrived. We are not presumptuous on the emotional impact of this news or any expected performance direction. By analysing over 100 births, we find no evidence to support a link between expectancy news and player performance. Sorry, Raul.
Sports stars have a habit of sharing a lot of personal milestones with their fans. Thanks to the multiball system Richarlson could tell the world of his good news after scoring for Tottenham yesterday. A thumb quickly went into his mouth, and a ball beneath his shirt. Others, like Savinho, are even more explicit when it comes to life events – he took to social media over Christmas to announce that his wife Anna was expecting their first child. A few years back Raul Jiminez even claimed that since he found out the news, he’d been scoring more goals.
Expectancy in sports is one issue we address in our recent paper published in Kyklos – The Baby Club . While it is not possible to isolate the precise date that the good news for players is received based on the actual date of birth, it is workable to estimate a window when the information arrived. We are not presumptuous on the emotional impact of this news or any expected performance direction. By analysing over 100 births, we find no evidence to support a link between expectancy news and player performance. Sorry, Raul.
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