South Orange NJ, March 20, 2024 – By more than a 2 to 1 margin, Caitlin Clark is the best known college basketball player (male or female) in America. Among self-described sports fans, 60 percent identified her as an NCAA…
Tag: Women in Sports
30% Say They’ll Watch/Follow Women’s World Cup Soccer Tournament – Number rises to 46% for Sports Fans, 65% for Avid Fans
Public rejects ‘Visit Saudi’ sponsorship. The Women’s World Cup is set to begin on Thursday, July 20 with the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) playing Vietnam the next day. A Seton Hall Sports Poll found that 30 percent of Americans…
March Madness Goes Digital: Number Watching on Phone/Laptop Nearly Doubles; More Than a Third Who Watch Will Bet, Half Will Engage with Social Media
South Orange, NJ, March 14, 2023 – With the NCAA College Basketball Championships (“March Madness”) upon us, sports fans across the country are migrating in greater numbers towards non-TV devices to catch the action. While a year ago only 7…
Poll on Women’s Sports in America: ‘Show Us More and We’ll Watch More’
Billie Jean King Weighs in on Finding that 57 Percent of Avid Fans Say Men and Women Should Compete With and Against Each Other Poll Finds Support for Government Assistance to Women’s Sports; Women and Men in General Agreement on…
43 Percent of Americans Say Britney Griner Punishment ‘Unfair,’ 62 Percent Say She’s a Russian ‘Political Pawn’
Although she was barely known while playing for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA, 65 percent of American adults now know who Brittney Griner is. Who is Brittney Griner? N=1,579 General Population Sports Fan* Non Fan Avid Fan Casual…
By More Than 3-1, Americans Agree with US Diplomatic Boycott of Winter Olympics; 40% Think US Should Have Pulled Athletes Too!
South Orange, NJ, Feb. 2 – By more than a 3-1 margin, the general population of the United States agrees with the decision to have diplomats boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, which begin this Friday in Beijing, China. Citing…
Poll: Equal Pay for Women’s Soccer; Women’s Tennis has More Followers than Men’s Tennis; More Men Follow Women’s Golf than Women.
In a Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted nationally last week, 83 percent of Americans said the women’s national soccer team should receive pay equal to the men’s team. As has been reported, the U.S. women’s soccer team (winners of three…
Nearly 40 Percent of NCAA Tournament Viewers Will Watch Online; Twenty-two Percent of Those Who Watch Will Do so at Work
South Orange NJ, March 21, 2019 – As Americans increasingly turn to online devices to follow news and sports, a Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted this week reveals that 38 percent of those who will be watching the NCAA Men’s…
Even in ‘Year of Women Running for Office,’ Americans Say Women Athletes Preferable to Politicians
South Orange, NJ, November 1, 2018 — Even in a year filled with stories of women running for elected office more than ever before, Americans prefer women athletes as role models over women politicians by substantial margins, according to a…
Poll: Tiger, Nike, Kaepernick, Trump, Serena and Urban Meyer
Is Tiger Woods an Endorsement Magnet Again? Seton Hall Sports Poll Suggests He Is. Poll Also Queries Attitudes On Nike, Kaepernick, Trump, Urban Meyer and Serena. South Orange NJ, September 28, 2018 — Tiger Woods’s first PGA victory in five…
With NFL and NHL Moving into Vegas, Nearly Half See Likelihood of Players, Refs, Officials Betting on Outcomes
South Orange, NJ, April 13, 2017 — With the NFL and NHL about to move into Las Vegas for the first time, nearly half of the US population foresees the increased likelihood of players, referees or team officials gambling on…
Becca Pizzi vs. Peyton Manning, Millennials to the Rescue
In the most recent edition of the Seton Hall Sports Poll, we asked 762 people from across the nation: Which athlete’s recent sports accomplishment do you most admire? And here were the choices: Peyton Manning’s second Super Bowl win Denny…