Big-Time Football Success Yields Improvements Among Students

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11:52a, 7/5/12

This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education is based off of a paper written by a Berkeley assistant professor.

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In a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Michael L. Anderson, an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley, found “robust evidence” that a winning FBS program translated into increased contributions and improvements in the student population.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/big-time-football-success-yields-improvements-among-students/30605

Nothing mind blowing here but I guess the prof has some hard data to back it up.

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In reply to bear2034 • 12:42p, 7/5/12

I agree. Whenever I had an exam the week after a Cal win, I always did better than whenever Cal lost. I dont know why...

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In reply to Adrian The Cal Bear • 1:42p, 7/5/12

Adrian The Cal Bear;841906404 said:
I agree. Whenever I had an exam the week after a Cal win, I always did better than whenever Cal lost. I dont know why...

Well a tough loss always makes it harder for me to think about anything else. I didn't do anything of significance after the '07 Oregon State loss (sorry for bringing it up, guys) for a few days.

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In reply to StillNoStanfurdium • 3:15p, 7/5/12

I don't remember my performance as a student during football season but as a working adult, my work performance suffers the week after big wins due to reliving the past game and extended web surfing during work hours.