News Finding: .@username Here's the study which used relative age identification on shirts:  
Paper Finding: If this were to be the case then a significant reduction in selection bias would have been expected for the date-of-birth group who did have access to the birthdates of the players.
News Context: .@username Here's the study which used relative age identification on shirts:  
Paper Context: It seemed reasonable to presume that talent scouts would take into account the birthdates of players when making selections (e.g., . If this were to be the case then a significant reduction in selection bias would have been expected for the date-of-birth group who did have access to the birthdates of the players. The clear outcome from our study though was that knowledge of the birthdates did not alter the magnitude of the selection bias: the significant bias found for the scouts in the no-age group remained unchanged for the date-ofbirth group.