What's the right height? Study says taller soccer players draw more fouls!

According to a new study by a couple of researchers out of the Netherlands, soccer referees forced to make quick decisions on questionable foul calls are more likely to rule against the taller player.

Niels van Quaquebeke and Steffen Giessner, researchers at Erasmus University's Rotterdam School of Management, reached the conclusion after studying 123,844 fouls from seven Champions League and German Bundesliga seasons, along with the last three World Cups.

Among the information presented in the full story reported by the Associated Press, the researchers surmised that human nature was to blame. "Humans throughout evolution needed to be more afraid of bigger animals because bigger animals usually have more potential to harm us," said van Quaquebeke. "We are human beings, we are not objective information processors...we are very subjective, especially if we don't have all the information available. We've got to make the best guess."

Our guess? Shorter players get the calls by being better actors!