Crime Is Because of College Football
January 19, 2008
A new study from the Economics department at the University of Colorado at Denver finds that college football is the cause of crime. You can read the paper written by a “professional” at the University of Colorado here. It seems as though these college professors have a lot of haterade saved up in the basement against college athletics and activities.
Stated below is the thesis thought up by these oblivious economic masterminds:
“…we find that college football games are associated with sharp increases in crime. For instance, assaults increase by about 9% when a community hosts a college football game, vandalism increases by about 18%, and DUIs increase by about 13%. We also find evidence that upsets result in larger increases in crime than games that do not produce an upset. For instance, an upset loss at home is associated with a 112% increase in assaults and a 61% increase in vandalism. We discuss these results in the context of psychological theories of fan aggression.”
They forgot one thing; Â to mention what college football does for the economy? Comment #3 on this fanblogs.com post clearly sums up the “well-known idea” . The money involved in college football is enormous, not to mention how much benefit is recieved from ticket sales and sponsorships over the course of a season. Sounds like these fellows need to go back to ECON 001 and start over with their lives.
 It is mentioned on page 5 in the paper that violence is the result of other sporting events in general, stating that fans in general may act more agressively than usual while “taking in”  a game.
Well Duh! Any moran could have told me that. It has been that way with sports ever since cavemen through rocks at each other. So am I over reacting when I say “Why the hell would you title this article “College football games and Crime”, when you single-handedly admit that all other sports fans are the same way??!!!!!
Way to give a boost to your athletic department nimrods! You should be publically striped of your protractors and pocket protectors! And use spell-check for God sakes!
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