{"id":595,"date":"2019-10-08T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/?p=595"},"modified":"2019-10-29T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T15:11:55","slug":"public-supports-antonio-brown-suspension-but-not-as-a-standard-procedure-for-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/2019\/10\/08\/public-supports-antonio-brown-suspension-but-not-as-a-standard-procedure-for-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Supports Antonio Brown Suspension, but Not as a Standard Procedure for NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"South Orange, NJ, October 8, 2019 — By more than a 2-1 margin, the American public believes suspension of players being investigated for sexual misconduct by the NFL should be conducted on a case-by-case basis, without making the suspension standard procedure.<\/p>\n

But the case of Antonio Brown, who was signed and then released after one game by the New England Patriots, appears to be one of the \u201ccase-by-case\u201d cases in which the public supported his suspension during the investigation.<\/p>\n

These were the findings of a Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted last week\u00a0among 714 adult Americans across the country, either on landline or cellphone.\u00a0\u00a0The poll has a margin of error of +\/- 3.8 percent.
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Fifty-one percent of the public believed Brown should have been suspended during the investigation with only 32 percent saying he should have been allowed to play.\u00a0\u00a0Seventeen percent did not know or had no opinion.<\/p>\n

But as a general procedure, only 30 percent of the public felt it should be standard procedure to suspend, with 64 percent saying it should be a case-by-case matter.\u00a0\u00a0Six percent did not know or had no opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrown did not exactly arrive with a clean slate when the Patriots signed him,\u201d\u00a0noted Rick Gentile, director of the Seton Hall Sports Poll, which is\u00a0sponsored by the Sharkey Institute within the Stillman School of Businessat Seton Hall.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHaving the flexibility to go case-by-case does provide for a more complete review before taking the bold step of suspending an unconvicted player.\u201d<\/p>\n

About the poll:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This poll was conducted by telephone September 30 – October 2, 2019 among adults in the United States. The Seton Hall Sports Poll is conducted by the Sharkey Institute within the Stillman School of Business. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard landline and cell phones.\u00a0 The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls. The Seton Hall Sports Poll has been conducted regularly since 2006.Recently chosen for inclusion in iPoll by Cornell\u2019s Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, its findings have been published everywhere from USA Today, ESPN, The New York Times, Washington Post, AP, and Reuters to Fox News and most points in between.<\/p>\n

Media:<\/em>\u00a0Media: Marty Appel,\u00a0AppelPR@gmail.com<\/a>;
\nMichael Ricciardelli, Associate Director of Media Relations, Seton Hall
\nmichael.ricciardelli@shu.edu<\/a>,\u00a0908-447-3034<\/p>\n

The results:<\/p>\n

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  1. The New England Patriots signed and played wide receiver Antonio Brown while he was under investigation by the NFL for accusations of sexual assault.\u00a0He was subsequently released when more accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced.\u00a0\u00a0Do you think Brown should have been allowed to play while being investigated or should the Patriots and the NFL have suspended him from playing while the investigation was ongoing?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1 – Allowed to play\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a032%<\/p>\n

    2 – Suspended during investigation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 51
    \n3 – Don\u2019t know\/No opinion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17<\/p>\n

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    1. Do you think it should be standard procedure in professional sports for players to be suspended from playing during investigation of sexual misconduct or should these situations be looked at on a case-by-case basis?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1 – Standard procedure to suspend\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030<\/p>\n

      2 – Case-by-case basis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 64
      \n3 – Don\u2019t know\/No opinion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6<\/p>\n

      ABOUT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

      One of the country\u2019s leading Catholic universities, Seton Hall has been showing the world what great minds can do since 1856. Home to nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and offering more than 90 rigorous academic programs, Seton Hall\u2019s academic excellence has been singled out for distinction by\u00a0The Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      Seton Hall embraces students of all religions and prepares them to be exemplary servant leaders and global citizens. In recent years, the University has achieved extraordinary success. Since 2009, it has seen record-breaking undergraduate enrollment growth and an impressive 110-point increase in the average SAT scores of incoming freshmen. In the past decade, Seton Hall students and alumni have received more than 30 Fulbright Scholarships as well as other prestigious academic honors, including Boren Awards, Pickering Fellowships, Udall Scholarships and a Rhodes Scholarship. The University is also proud to be the third most diverse national Catholic university in the nation.<\/p>\n

      During the past five years, the University has invested more than $165 million in new campus buildings and renovations. And in 2015, Seton Hall launched a School of Medicine as well as a College of Communication and the Arts. The University\u2019s beautiful main campus in suburban South Orange, N.J. is only 14 miles from New York City \u2014 offering students a wealth of employment, internship, cultural and entertainment opportunities. Seton Hall\u2019s nationally recognized School of Law is located prominently in downtown Newark. The University\u2019s Interprofessional Health Sciences (IHS) campus in Clifton and Nutley, N.J. opened in the summer of 2018. The IHS campus houses the University\u2019s College of Nursing, School of Health and Medical Sciences and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University.<\/p>\n

      For more information, visit\u00a0www.shu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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