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Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by heyabbott, Oct 21, 2013.

  1. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    ArrestNation has recorded 346 arrests/citations/charges in 2013.

    1. College Football – 139 Arrests/Charges/Citations
    2. Pro Football – 62 Arrests/Citations/Charges
    T3. College Basketball – 46 Arrests/Citations/Charges
    . Former – 46 Arrests/Citations/Charges
    4. Pro Basketball – 18 Arrests/Citations/Charges
    5. Pro Baseball – 10 Arrests/Citations/Charges

    Saw this website referred to in Norman Chad's column, fun viewing
     
    heyabbott, Oct 21, 2013
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  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Like SI's big expose on this, there's no context.

    Is the arrest rate for athletes any different than the arrest rate for the general population of men at these ages? I think that some calculated the SI college football numbers and discovered it was actually less.

    But, hey, whatever gives people a foundation to assert their moral superiority ...
     
    Dick Whitman, Oct 21, 2013
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  3. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Also, they don't take into account the number in terms of a percentage of athletes. Kinda silly to compare college football, in which each of 120+ teams has 100 or so players, to major league baseball, with 30 teams of 25 to 40-man rosters.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Oct 21, 2013
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