Reply to: Differences in the Success of NFL Coaches by Race

Janice Fanning Madden and Matthew Ruther
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Janice Fanning Madden: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, madden@ssc.upenn.edu
Matthew Ruther: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Journal of Sports Economics, 2009, vol. 10, issue 5, 543-550

Abstract: Malone, Couch, and Barrett argue that a broader analysis of fired coaches, including adding in partial season fires, considering a wider range of causes of firing, and analyzing rehiring makes the results reported by Madden ‘‘disappear.’’ We show that Malone et al. have analyzed inaccurate data. When the data used by Malone et al. are corrected and their speculations tested empirically, Madden’s conclusion that analyses of all employment decisions involving head coaches between 1990 and 2002 are consistent with discrimination against African Americans is supported.

Keywords: racial discrimination; professional football; coaching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002509345255

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