<\/a><\/p>\n Summer is over and football is back.\u00a0 My University of Texas Longhorns are off to a great start with a big season-opening win over Notre Dame.\u00a0 Even my daughter’s high school is 2-0.\u00a0 Everything about football season is great, right?<\/p>\n Maybe not.<\/p>\n You see, football season may be affecting your case.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, the Atlantic<\/a> published a concerning story<\/a> about a study from LSU economists Naci Mocan and Ozkan Eren, who found that the results of college football games affect how judges rule.\u00a0 The story states:<\/p>\n In looking at decisions handed down by judges in Louisiana’s juvenile courts between 1996 and 2012, the pair found that when LSU lost football games it was expected to win, judges — specifically those who had earned their bachelor’s degrees from the school — issued harsher sentences following the loss.\u00a0 When the team was ranked in the top 10 before the losing game, kids wound up behind bars (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer is over and football is back.\u00a0 My University of Texas Longhorns are off to a great start with a big season-opening win over Notre Dame.\u00a0 Even my daughter’s high school is 2-0.\u00a0 Everything about football season is great, right?…<\/span><\/p>\n\n