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Bill James

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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.


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