Also (only because this is interesting to me) even though the AL has the Yankees (just like the 1A east has Essex and Altavista) it is still very close to 50/50 on World Series titles won by AL or NL. Same goes with the NFL which I think is around a 23/26ish split between the AFL/NFL. This seems counterintuitive because NFL always seemed better to me. I don't see any difference between these two examples and 1a high school football in Virginia. I haven't looked at the NBA because I couldn't care less about pro basketball but East vs West is probably about equal over the long haul.
Here is why i'm not a believer in the west "right now"
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It's jobs, folks. It's the demographics based on jobs available/income and that does have some inherent genetic differences between the east and the west that I will not get into on here that directly relate to athleticism. And Why not the disparage in 2A, 3A etc. in terms of East vs West????? Because a few athletes make a more profound impact on a team with fewer kids to choose from than a team with a larger pool of kids to pull from. Similar to one player meaning more to basketball team than to a football team. Trends do matter but it's not strictly geography and it's not strictly coaching and it's not strictly facilities
That does not mean that a difference does not exist. It might.
Purely speculation and absolutely unknown, at this point. No one, to my knowledge has actually studied that. Your opinion may be right, it also may be wrong.
If that were true, we'd all be eating the same pizzas and same flavor of chicken wings. It is quite possible that there are things impeding kids from out West right now that are not impeding player from the East. I have no guesses what those may be, but there may be something. how about kids in the East get to practice outdoors more because of better weather? Probably not a big factor, but might be something.
You make the assumption that the East and West have similar populations. I do not. Simply demographic numbers will show you that the makeup of the two populations are not the same.
Is that not a coin flip? Why? Do XX sperm have an advantage over XY sperm or vice versa? I don't know enough about the subject to say, but it seems logical to me that they each have an equal opportunity to get to the egg.
I do not think that the East and West have a 50/50 opportunity and I think that the numbers are bearing out the difference.
In ten years, if the numbers are even, I'd rethink my theory but, for right now, over a 29-year period, the East has a healthy 17-12 advantage (58% - 42%).
That may be an anomaly with a too-small subset of data OR the East might have an 8% advantage because of <insert ideas why here>.
We really do not know, but I appreciate the conversation and you will have me thinking about this for a few days.
Thanks, I enjoyed it.
Enjoyed the discussion. Comes down to Nature vs. Nurture. There is an argument both ways. Truth is somewhere in the middle. One last point is that the pizza example had me laughing. Doesn't matter whether the kid is in the east or the west. They all only eat cheese or pepperoni and cheese pizza, and they will all eat it night or day. lol
Rod, 30 data points is considered enough to establish correlation typically.
And I think it's funny one of the longest and most interesting threads in the forums has to do with 1A and the outcome of a game that is a little over two months away. I love debate and opinions being shared in more or less a very respectful way. Good stuff guys
And I think it's funny one of the longest and most interesting threads in the forums has to do with 1A and the outcome of a game that is a little over two months away. I love debate and opinions being shared in more or less a very respectful way. Good stuff guys
That is the burning hole inside my head at all times. I enjoy and respect the regular season, but my interest from day one in August is almost solely fixed on trying to correctly pick the six state champions.
It's a sickness.
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