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never mind i didnt read "professional" i was going to say college football. ya basketball it is huge to have home court

jkz_BCS supporter | 05/11/08, 11:32 PM

i'll get to arg 2 in the morning...sorry i'm beat

Duquesne - Roy exposed... | 05/12/08, 12:04 AM

BBall and it's not even close.

Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox | 05/12/08, 05:47 AM

Did anyone notice the Super Bowl winner won THREE games on the road just to MAKE it to the Super Bowl? Didn't Pitt do something similar a few years ago? Nah. It's easily basketball that provides the huge home court/field advantage.

Cowboys-Celtics-Chisox | 05/12/08, 05:50 AM

i also remember the suns losing at home to the spurs, the jazz with the best at home record losing twice to Houston and then winning IN Houston on the road, Denver never winning one game at home, Orlando just dropped a game to go down 3-1 at home...i mean so there you have it...like i said in my first argument, you will have examples on both side of the sport where it is proven false....

Steveo16220 says:30 days left | 05/12/08, 07:05 AM

There is only 1 sport where there is an actual rules advantage to being the home team. The answer is baseball.

noydbyj | 05/12/08, 08:08 AM

have any of you seen molly's t its? there so nice son

mattdogg27545 | 05/12/08, 08:27 AM

molly's ****?

Duquesne - Roy exposed... | 05/12/08, 08:32 AM

oh tyler...why do i feel you're behind that comment?

Duquesne - Roy exposed... | 05/12/08, 08:33 AM

This would be more interesting if you could offer any reason as to why there is such an advantage.

Swayze Bandwagon Fan *BBF | 05/12/08, 08:50 AM

Disagree with both.

It's baseball and it has nothing to do with the crowd and other such things.
It is because of the length of the road trips themselves as opposed to other sports. In baseball not only do you come to town to play a series of either 3 or 4 games but you usually have a 3,4 or 5 city tour sometimes lasting 2 weeks or more. You have no understanding of the game if you use the fact that "In baseball, rarely do teams sweep their home games" !
Series sweeps are fairly rare anyway unless a team is completely inept. It is a fact that even for good teams, their road record is most often worse than their home record and it has more to do with being on the road for such long stretches than anything else. You can't think of it in terms of games lost as the season is longer, you think of it in terms of "series" lost and you tend to lose more series on the road than at home.

[The] Coach | 05/12/08, 09:02 AM

uh coach...i disagree with you completly....i understand baseball.....rockies went to the world series last year...they went 3-2 at home and 4-2 on the road...

and as you can tell...we're talking playoffs here

Duquesne - Roy exposed... | 05/12/08, 09:07 AM

Ummm no you don't. The playoffs are not an accurate gauge. What makes "homefield advantage" so tough for baseball is the length of time a team is away from home. In football, other than SB week, a team is away from home 2 days at a time. In basketball, a few days. In baseball you are most usually gone for no less that 10 days usually more.

In the playoffs, a team is playing the same team in a home and away series. You play two at home, two away, etc. Your team is only away from home a couple of days. THe basball playooff format is easier than the regular season by leaps and bounds.

I have spen time playing college and minor league ball and now coach college. Two weeks of hotels, restaurants, plane/bus rides can take quite a toll. Other sports don't have quite the same schedule.

[The] Coach | 05/12/08, 09:40 AM

This would be more interesting if you could offer any reason as to why there is such an advantage.
Agree with you there Buffalo.
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There is only 1 sport where there is an actual rules advantage to being the home team. The answer is baseball.
Completely disagree with you noydby!
And coach...its baseball. Certainly those luxery hotels and all those fine restaurants and first class services would take its toll on those Athletes.

Home ice advantages in hockey are present with each face off, each line change, position of the home benches and line matchups. Thats just on the rule side. The fans and buildings are a different matter all together. So is Geography.

Baun-ded | 05/12/08, 10:14 AM

The Spurs, Hornets, Celtics, and Lakers all are undefeated at home this year in the playoffs.

You forgot the HAWKS

Analytical is Back!! | 05/12/08, 10:15 AM

It has nothing to do with the class of hotel, restaurant or transportation. Living out of a suitcase and away from home for extended periods of time is rough, period. While I don't normally stay at 5 star hotels when on business, I stay at comfortable places and eat at nice places as well but after awhile it gets OLD. It is far more restful to be eating in your own home, sleeping in your own bed and enjoying your family on your off hours than not.

[The] Coach | 05/12/08, 10:31 AM

college environments are definatley the best of them all. But for the pros, footballl definatly has a bigger advantage. with some of the nba teams, fans dont even bother to show up. how many basketball teams do you know of that have 70,000 screaming fans in their stadium. in basketball you get 40 home games and in football you get 8. in football if your a good team you need to win at least 6 of your home games. in the nba if your in the East, you can have a losing record and still make the playoffs.
In the NFL winning home games is everything and you need to have a big advantage. Plus, Football is Americas game not any other sport

cavman5 | 05/12/08, 10:38 AM

I disagree with you coach...its tougher being in the NHL from a travel and schedule viewpoint as well as homefield advantage differences.

Baun-ded | 05/12/08, 11:03 AM

"(I have a final in an hour and a half or i'd go through the last 4 playoffs):"

D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N

Porkins | 05/12/08, 11:27 AM

I reallt think it's football if we are talking about playoffs. Ok, let's put all what has transpired in the NBA and NFL playoffs aside, and let me put this in an analogy.
Say you had dartboard, and were given two options as far as hitting the bullseye. One option, you get ONLY one dart to hit the bullseye(like the NFL playoffs). The other option, you get 7 darts, but of the 7 chances you get, you have to hit the bullseye at least 4 times(like the NBA, NHL, MLB playoffs).
So under the circumstances, what shot do you think is the most important? I would think it would be the one where you only have one opportunity..one dart!! Either you make it or you don't. Either you win the one NFL playoff game or you are done. The reason being that you only have one shot instead of 7 as in a series makes the NFL playoff game more important. Having a series like the NBA or NHL gives them a little flexibility or leeway as far as losing a game because they know they can always compensate for it by winning other games in the series. The magnitude of a loss in a series is not as high as it is compared to a loss in a "lose one and your done" NFL playoff game. In the NFl, the teams do not have that opportunity to compensate hence their playoff games are more important.
If the TD was titled, which Home Field Advantage of the 4 major sports has been more "effective" rather than more 'important" then Duquesne might have a good solid argument regarding the success of the NBA teams thus far.
Ok, I am done lol. Just my 2 cents. Or it seems like it more than that anyway. lol

The Bandit | 05/12/08, 11:44 AM