"Children who are taller have an obvious advantage when playing the football code of AFL," Dr Barnett said. "If you were born in January, you have almost 12 months' growth ahead of your classmates born late in the year."
巴奈特博士說:“如果按照澳大利亞足球聯(lián)盟的規(guī)則,那些個頭較高的孩子具有明顯優(yōu)勢。如果你一月份出生,那么你比在這一年年底出生的同班同學就多長了近12個月。”
Barnett found there were 33 per cent more professional AFL players than expected with birthdays in January and 25 per cent fewer in December.
巴奈特發(fā)現(xiàn),該聯(lián)盟中一月份出生的職業(yè)球員數(shù)量超出預期33%,而12月份出生的球員數(shù)量則比預期少25%。