Study: Athletes in red win more often

What were your high school colors? The Kanab Cowboys wore (and still wear) red and white. Researchers say overall they’re more likely to win in games against opponents wearing, say, the Orderville Buffaloes’ orange and black:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/more/05/18/wear.red.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

Susan

It’s because they’re faster.

It’s the same reason that red cars get stopped for speeding more often.

:slight_smile:

I like the color red.

Yeah. Compare the University of Oklahoma football team with the Oklahoma State football team.

I have always wanted to have a team called the “Fuzzy Bunnies” with the colors yellow (not gold) and pink. I always figured that a team needed to earn the fear that their name inspired, not live up to it.

“You lost to the Fuzzy Bunnies?”
“Yep.”
“We did too. You just don’t mess with those Fuzzy Bunnies”

Rats! I thought this was going to be about athletes who are in debt. :imp:

The trend doesn;t hold true in ACC basketball, which is the only sport that matters.

:wink:

How about losing to the Whittier College Poets?

http://web.whittier.edu/athletics/athletics.htm

In Star Trek the guys that were wearing the red shirts were the ones that died in that episode…oh wait, the guys in red shirts that no one knew. This didn’t include Scotty and Ohura (sp?) of course. Don’t know where this fits in, but the topic made me think of it :laughing:

Edited to add that this means that the Sox have a great chance of winning the World Series again this year, according to the stats. The poor Yankees will have to change the color of their blue pinstripes it seems :smiley:

I was going to mention that the Yankees were definitely the exception to the red rule. This is my thread. No Red Sox talk here! :wink:

Susan

Oh, sorry about that. I must have misread the title of this thread…I could have sworn it said this:

:smiley:

http://images.google.com/images?q=red+socks&hl=en

Interesting pictures! :astonished: I never thought that wearing just red socks would be something picture worthy, but there you are

:laughing:

My thoughts exactly. :stuck_out_tongue: