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AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR from Hamilton College says NFL teams should stockpile criminals in the draft, the AP reports.
Fine, he doesn’t say that exactly.
But he found that players who have been arrested in college performed (based on career starts) just as well in the NFL, and are selected 15 picks later in the draft on average.
Stephen Wu, the professor who ran the study, separated all draftees from 2005 to 2009 into four groups:
- Players with no suspensions or legal problems in college
- Players suspended one game or more for violating team or university rules
- Players arrested and charged with a crime
- Players arrested, but not charged
He found that the only group that performed worse on the field, was Group 2. Group 3 — players who were arrested but not charged — faired just as well as Group 1, despite being taken later in the draft on average. And Group 4 — players who were arrested by never charged — actually has a better track record than Group 1.
Therefore, teams that pass on prospects based on their criminal records are doing it wrong.
Intuitively, this makes sense.
Good coaches, including Bill Belichick, draft based on value and don’t fall in love with any single player. So if a player’s stock drops because of a frivolous off-field incident, their value goes up.
Donald love sounds like a Brazilian superstar you sign in championship manager.
Same name as the media mogul in GTA III.
The fact this is considered a ‘strong’ United team says it all really
Lol Terrible and now De Gea and Rooney are injured. Arsenal will hammer them on the 27th
Doubt it probably bottle it Sean like the Chelsea game
Who will arsenal be hammering on the 27th? United game isn’t until the 28th.
Great cross. Great header. Great save.
Shocking defending
Beaten twice on each near post. Shouldn’t happen to a Man utd goalie
Unsighted both times
First one took a deflection to be fair and it wasn’t a complete gaffe for the second either. He was the only United player worth a wage in that game.