The National Football League knows that last season’s national anthem protests by quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other players turned some fans away from the sport. While the number may be a small percentage of overall fans, the league has grappled with how to approach the issue and the effect anthem […] Read more »
Before Mayweather-McGregor, poll shows MMA isn’t stealing boxing’s popularity
… On Saturday the two sports finally will go head-to-head, in a sense, as UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, challenges Floyd Mayweather Jr., in a boxing ring. Though the highly anticipated bout won’t settle any scores between the combat sports, it comes at a time when MMA and boxing are […] Read more »
U.S. Business Sectors Gain or Hold Steady in Public Esteem
Americans’ overall impressions of six major sectors of the U.S. economy grew significantly more positive this year. Farming and agriculture saw the biggest improvement, with 70% now viewing it positively, up 15 percentage points from 2016. Americans are also more positive about education, the computer, real estate and sports industries, […] Read more »
Widespread Discrimination Against LGBT Athletes Exists, Say Most Americans
Eight in ten Americans, 80%, think gay, lesbian, or bisexual athletes face at least some degree of discrimination from their professional teammates. Included here are 35% of residents nationally who believe LGBT athletes suffer from a lot of discrimination from those on their team, and 45% who think they experience […] Read more »
Partisan Divide True For Sports Fans, Too
New polling from Marist/HBO show that football, the most popular sport by viewership, is also the most diverse in terms of partisan diversity. NBC News Read more »
Racially biased people are far more likely to oppose black athletes’ protests. Here’s the evidence.
Last year, Colin Kaepernick, then the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, was heavily criticized for kneeling instead of standing during the national anthem. The protest was on behalf of the Black Lives Matter movement. … Decades of research on public opinion has found that negative racial attitudes are strongly […] Read more »