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Bill James
Guest
Average team stats per game over last 30 years. For convenience lets call HO equal to stoppages.
Umpires now blow 40 more stoppages (38 then 78 now) and 18 less free kicks (56 then 38 now) per game
So basically they blow the whistle more times and we have triple the number of tackles but less free kicks.
I call BS. There is clearly more holding the ball and holding the man decisions that should be paid.
Umpires now blow 40 more stoppages (38 then 78 now) and 18 less free kicks (56 then 38 now) per game
So basically they blow the whistle more times and we have triple the number of tackles but less free kicks.
I call BS. There is clearly more holding the ball and holding the man decisions that should be paid.
YEAR | KICK | HB | DI | MK | GL | B | TK | HO | FF |
1988 | 218 | 104 | 322 | 73 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 28 |
1998 | 193 | 108 | 301 | 73 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 18 |
2008 | 200 | 155 | 354 | 103 | 14 | 12 | 54 | 32 | 20 |
2018 | 212 | 161 | 373 | 90 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 39 | 21 |
2019 | 220 | 154 | 374 | 92 | 12 | 11 | 62 | 39 | 19 |