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for years, Kansas City Chiefs of Missouri Has been the NFL team to beat.
with young quarterback patrick mahomes Leading the charge in 2020, they defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and defeated them again four years later. In 2023, they were also Super Bowl champions, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles with a game-winning field goal. Before this, they had never won the title since 1970.
But academics at the University of Texas El Paso and the Institute of Eastern America have suggested his winning record may help.
In an analysis of more than 13,000 penalty calls spanning from 2015 to 2023, they found that postseason assignments disproportionately favored the Mahomes-era Kansas City Chiefs.
They suggest this may be linked to financial pressure on the league, noting that the findings show a correlation but not evidence of any corruption.
Woody L. of El Paso. Dr. Spencer Barnes, assistant professor of finance at the University of Texas Hunt College of Business, said, “The fact that postseason penalties consistently favored one franchise, while similar dynasties showed no such pattern, points to the powerful role of financial incentives in shaping perceived neutrality decisions.” Said about the new study,
The NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL Referees Association did not immediately respond. The Independent’s Request for comment on the matter.
The study found that during the Mahomes-era playoffs, which researchers called the NFL’s most commercially valuable period, penalties against opposing defensive players were 23 percent more likely to result in first downs covered an average of 2.36 yardage and were 28 percent more likely to fall in subjective categories, such as harassing the passer or interfering with the pass.
However, researchers said the same effect was not seen for the Tom Brady-era New England Patriots and other winning teams.
He argued that this phenomenon was unique to the majors, which became good for TV ratings.
Woody L. “This research not only deepens our understanding of sports governance, but also reflects a larger societal concern: When financial pressures become overwhelming, fairness can slip away,” said Dr. John Hadjimarkou, dean of the Hunt College of Business.
This year’s Super Bowl, which the Chiefs lost to the Eagles, was the most watched in history, with approximately 128 million viewers, according to figures cited by Nielsen. Diversity,
According to Alabama, Mahomes had seen ratings decline in previous years as viewers walked out during civil rights protests. Samford UniversityHowever, the league’s ratings were still “the most attractive property in all of television by a wide margin”. CBS Sports president Sean McManus said then,
Now in its 106th season, the NFL has been growing by nearly $1 billion per year since 2010 and generating more than $20 billion in annual revenue. the new York Timesexpected to reach target of 25 billion dollars and a recent Sports Business Journal report Say they’re only $2 billion short.
This season, the Chiefs have a losing record in five games for only the second time in the Mahomes era, starting 2–3. he had 13 penalties Jacksonville lost to the Jaguars 31-28 in a game on Monday.
Yet, they started the same way in 2021 and went 12–5, losing to Cincinnati in the AFC Championship Game. nfl.com Said.
During regular season games, the Chiefs receive less favorable penalty calls than average, according to researchers study search,