Study finds influence of smaller jersey numbers on perception
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#2...in american football.
Context and history matter as this is the complete opposite for soccer:
- Smaller numbers go to the defenders and big guys
- Larger numbers are given to younger & academy player
- Numbers like 7, 9, 10, 8 & 6 all have a specific meaning on the pitch
So yeah, numbers matter, but so does everything else.
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#3I love this so much
It’s such a great proof at how absolutely fundamentally tragically terrible humans are at evaluating things consistently based on purely sense perception.
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#4https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/nfl-jerse...
Linemen are required to wear higher numbers so it's no surprise that people automatically associate higher numbers with bigger people.
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#5https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/nfl-jerse... Linemen are required to wear higher numbers so it's no surprise that people automatically associate higher numbers with bigger people.
I've always associated single-digit numbers to "skill positions," especially speedsters like WRs, RBs, and CBs. If you're in the 50s and above, I'll assume you're one of the "big uglies" duking it out in the trenches.
Re: Study finds influence of smaller jersey numbers on perception
#6https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/nfl-jerse... Linemen are required to wear higher numbers so it's no surprise that people automatically associate higher numbers with bigger people.
I've always associated single-digit numbers to "skill positions," especially speedsters like WRs, RBs, and CBs. If you're in the 50s and above, I'll assume you're one of the "big uglies" duking it out in the trenches.
At least in the NFL WRs and TEs have traditionally been in the 80s. The shift towards the teens and lower started in the mid-aughts.
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#7I remember my teammates being extremely picky about which numbers they’d wear and I always caught grief for wearing #8 as a running back since it’s thought of as a QB number (Troy Aikman, Steve Young). In hindsight maybe they were on to something.
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#8https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/rules-changes/nfl-jerse... Linemen are required to wear higher numbers so it's no surprise that people automatically associate higher numbers with bigger people.
When I showed up for double sessions freshman year, I found that the sizes of the shirts corresponded to the numbers. Even without rules about what number an interior lineman must wear, the big body positions just aren’t going to physically fit in jersey number three.
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#10...in american football. Context and history matter as this is the complete opposite for soccer: - Smaller numbers go to the defenders and big guys - Larger numbers are given to younger & academy player - Numbers like 7, 9, 10, 8 & 6 all have a specific meaning on the pitch So yeah, numbers matter, but so does everything else.
of course there's been exceptions as well. Jamie Carragher's #23 for example.
"Number 1 is Carragher. Number 2 is Carragher. Number 3 is Carragher.
We all dream of a team of Carraghers!"
couldn't resist