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[Study] Difference in injury rates between Sunday, Monday, and Thursday games is “negligible” (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by MariMara9B@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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Maybe someone smarter than me can interpret this, because I’m not understanding how they came to their conclusion. According to this study, the average number of injuries during Sunday games was 21.4 compared to Thursday games at 21.7 but the difference is “negligible”. I feel like they didn’t take into account the fact only one game is played on fewer Thursdays, as opposed to the majority of games taking place every Sunday.

Link to study: http://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/the-effect-of-thursday-night-football-on-injuries-in.pdf

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[–] PM_ME_COOL_RIFFS@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Thursday injury thing is all confirmation bias. People always jump to it when someone gets injured on a Thursday but don't say anything when someone gets hurt on a Sunday or Monday.

The fact is that football is a violent sport and players will get injured.

[–] Unfair-Dust9618@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think over time, it has actually averaged out, but about 6 years ago, an article came out that Thursday games have the least amount of injuries per game. A Sunday game after a bye, meaning the maximum amount of rest, had the most injuries.