A lot of people, mostly Trump supporters are loving a new poll that shows the popularity of the NFL has plummeted.
Poll: @NFL popularity drops below @NBA. pic.twitter.com/T7kUlvtI5p
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2017
They’re celebrating at Fox’N’Friends:
Poll: @NFL popularity drops below @NBA. pic.twitter.com/t5wh4ckZKN
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 8, 2017
Here’s more on the poll:
The Winston Poll from the Washington-based Winston Group found that the attitude of those fans went from an August rating of 73 percent favorable and 19 percent unfavorable to 42 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable, a remarkable turn against the sport.
According to the poll analysis, “more critically for the NFL, the fall off in favorables occurred among important audiences. Among males, NFL favorables fell 23 percent, going from 68 percent to 45 percent. In looking at a more specific audience, males 34-54, NFL favorables fell 31 percent, going from 73 percent to 42 percent. Among this group the NFL has a surprising negative image, as it went from +54 percent in August to -5 percent in September.”
What I find odd is that they polled registered voters:
The Winston Poll was of brand images for the NFL, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and college football and basketball. It was of 1,000 registered voters and taken August 29-30 and then again September 28-29.
Uhhhh why would you do that? This isn’t about who’s gonna win an election, it’s about sports. So the poll is going to reflect the attitudes of sports enthusiasts who vote, not necessarily the average sports fan… but that doesn’t matter to those who want every aspect of our lives to be politicized…