ESPN Sports Poll: How Avid A Fan Are You?
The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, from January through November ‘07 asked respondents aged 12+ to rate how much they like sports in general. Respondents were asked to rate themselves on a scale from zero to ten, where zero is not a sports fan at all, five is an average sports fan and ten is a super sports fan. The following is where all respondents placed themselves. The data is broken down by fans of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR (ESPN Sports Poll).
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AVIDITY LEVEL
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U.S. POP
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NFL FANS
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MLB FANS
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NBA FANS
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NHL FANS
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NASCAR FANS
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n = 25,826
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n = 17,820
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n = 15,642
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n = 12,845
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n = 8,255
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n =
10,200
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0
(Not a fan at all)
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9.9%
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2.2%
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2.6%
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2.2%
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2.1%
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4.4%
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1
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3.7%
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1.7%
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1.7%
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1.5%
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1.4%
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2.4%
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2
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4.8%
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2.9%
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3.0%
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2.3%
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2.5%
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3.1%
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3
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6.3%
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4.9%
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5.2%
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4.8%
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4.5%
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5.2%
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4
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5.3%
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5.0%
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5.0%
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4.6%
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4.9%
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4.7%
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5
(Average sports fan)
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22.1%
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23.2%
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22.1%
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21.0%
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18.6%
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21.9%
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6
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6.8%
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8.1%
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7.7%
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7.9%
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8.5%
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7.6%
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7
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10.7%
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13.5%
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13.0%
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13.2%
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14.7%
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12.3%
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8
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12.4%
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15.8%
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16.1%
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16.6%
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17.7%
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15.7%
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9
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5.4%
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6.9%
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7.2%
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7.9%
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8.0%
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6.3%
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10
(Super sports fan)
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12.5%
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15.8%
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16.3%
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18.0%
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17.1%
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16.5%
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