Race and Quarterback Survival in the National Football League

Brian D. Volz

Journal of Sports Economics, 2017, vol. 18, issue 8, 850-866

Abstract: This study examines data from the 2001 to 2009 National Football League (NFL) seasons to determine whether Black quarterbacks face discrimination. When controlling for injury, age, experience, performance, team investment, backup quality, and bye weeks, Black quarterbacks are found to be 1.98–2.46 times more likely to be benched. Marginal evidence is also found that Black quarterbacks face less discrimination in areas with a larger percentage of Black residents. Additionally, it has been observed that when White quarterbacks are benched, the team improves by more than when Black quarterbacks are benched. This provides evidence that there is a cost to this discrimination.

Keywords: race; NFL; survival analysis; quarterback (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002515609659

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