October 2016 (2) - Sports' Reaction to "Locker Room Talk" & Abuse Towards Women
Seton Hall Sports Poll
English - November 02, 2016 03:00 - 14 minutes - 12.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSports professional nfl baseball nba gambling mlb sports donald trump fantasy national anthem Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: October 2016 - NFL TV RATINGS DOWN; FANS CITE A HOST OF FACTORS
By a 58% to 24% margin, Americans believe that professional leagues and college conferences are not doing enough to police instances of sexual abuse by athletes. A total of 58% said “no” on the question of doing enough to police the instances, with only 24% saying enough was being done.
By 72% to 16%, Americans believe that male athletes discuss their sexual conquests of women in locker room discussions. That finding was evenly placed among men (73%) and women (71%). By 54% to 33% American believe that athletes speak in the manner expressed by Donald Trump in his 2005 tape, with 58% of males thinking “yes, they do” and 51% of women thinking the same.
Rick Gentile was interviewed by Seth Everett for this podcast on the poll’s findings