Rule Changes and the Earnings of National Football League Field Goal Kickers

• William T. Harris ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Delaware

     University of Delaware

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 9, Nº. 4, 1992, págs. 397-402
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1974 the National Football League Rules Committee changed the way the ball was turned over after a missed field goal attempted beyond the defending team’s 20-yard line. As a result of this change, it is postulated that more accurate placekickers would become relatively more valuable to a team and receive higher earnings. The available evidence suggests that no measurable increase has occurred since the rule change in the relative earnings of more accurate long distance placekickers. Possible reasons for this result are discussed.