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<blockquote data-quote="red4tribe" data-source="post: 946193" data-attributes="member: 1966"><p>It used to be +3 points for home teams, but now it's more like +1.5. Home field advantage is not as valuable as it was, with teams barely winning more than 50 percent of home games nowadays.</p><p></p><p>I think there are a few reasons why there has been this shift. Sports science has helped players better deal with traveling. Teams have figured out how to best time their travel based on the distance/time zone change, trainers give treatment to counter the negative effects of altitude, etc. Stadiums today are also much more likely to contain fans from the opposing team, limiting the impact of crowd noise. Anyone can buy tickets online, and with the internet, it's much easier to be a fan of a team that you don't live near. I've never lived in Wisconsin but I can still consume a lot of Packers material, something that would not have been possible 25 years ago. I think organizations have also cracked down on the rowdiest, drunk fans to make the stadium a more welcoming environment, also quieting the noise of the crowd. And ticket prices are much more expensive than they once were, meaning games attract a different style of fan, i.e. upper class/upper-middle class, less rowdy. So the demographics of the crowd have also changed.</p><p></p><p>So I wouldn't say that home-field advantage is gone, but I do think it's exaggerated. It's been so ingrained in fans' minds for generations that you have a big edge at home, that a lot of people haven't realized that the advantage has largely withered away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="red4tribe, post: 946193, member: 1966"] It used to be +3 points for home teams, but now it's more like +1.5. Home field advantage is not as valuable as it was, with teams barely winning more than 50 percent of home games nowadays. I think there are a few reasons why there has been this shift. Sports science has helped players better deal with traveling. Teams have figured out how to best time their travel based on the distance/time zone change, trainers give treatment to counter the negative effects of altitude, etc. Stadiums today are also much more likely to contain fans from the opposing team, limiting the impact of crowd noise. Anyone can buy tickets online, and with the internet, it's much easier to be a fan of a team that you don't live near. I've never lived in Wisconsin but I can still consume a lot of Packers material, something that would not have been possible 25 years ago. I think organizations have also cracked down on the rowdiest, drunk fans to make the stadium a more welcoming environment, also quieting the noise of the crowd. And ticket prices are much more expensive than they once were, meaning games attract a different style of fan, i.e. upper class/upper-middle class, less rowdy. So the demographics of the crowd have also changed. So I wouldn't say that home-field advantage is gone, but I do think it's exaggerated. It's been so ingrained in fans' minds for generations that you have a big edge at home, that a lot of people haven't realized that the advantage has largely withered away. [/QUOTE]
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