title: Inconsistencies of the evaluation of home advantage in sports competitions under the three points per victory system.
abstract: A recent letter sent to the Journal of Human Kinetics' editor (Gómez & Pollard, 2014) warned about a supposed methodology error in the calculation of home advantage in football leagues used in Saavedra et al. (2013) and took the liberty of modifying the research's data. The aim of this letter is to demonstrate that the evaluation system of the home advantage proposed by Pollard (1986) contains serious inconsistencies when applied to competitions which give three points for a win and one point for a draw, as it is the case of the UEFA football leagues in the 21th century.
authors.affiliation: University of A Coruña (Spain).
authors.forename: Miguel Saavedra
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: University Miguel Hernández (Spain).
authors.forename: Oscar Gutiérrez
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.affiliation: University of A Coruña (Spain).
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fernández Romero