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- Title
Keep to the Status Quo: Analyzing Behavioral Responses to the Change of Ball in the NBA.
- Authors
Julian, Gentry; Price, Joshua A.
- Abstract
The National Basketball Association (NBA) changed the official game ball from leather to synthetic to start the 2006-07 season. The NBA argued that the synthetic ball was superior to the leather ball and would be beneficial to player performance. The National Basketball Association Players Association (NBAPA) argued that performance decreased as a result of the ball change and filed an unfair practice labor grievance against the league. As a result, the league reverted back to using a leather ball in the middle of the season (after January 1). We test the claims of the NBA and the NBPA to see if the changing of the ball affected performance. Using multiple identification strategies, we find no evidence to suggest that player performance was significantly affected by the type of ball used. We rely on insights from behavioral economics to describe why the players were opposed to this policy change even when it had no measurable impact on performance.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BASKETBALLS; BASKETBALL rules; NATIONAL Basketball Association; BASKETBALL players; UNFAIR labor practices; BEHAVIORAL economics; ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
International Journal of Sport Finance, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 2, p93
- ISSN
1558-6235
- Publication type
Article