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Sports Fandom is Steady, with the Exception of One League

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Emma Diehl

Sports fandom remains steady, except the NFL, who could be losing viewers to the NHL. […]

Avid Fans Don’t Care, but Keeping Star Players on the Court Could Grow the NBA

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Casey Taylor

SUMMARY: Statistics show that avid NBA fans are not overly concerned about teams resting their star players in the interest of overall strategy – though the issue seems to be more troublesome to casual fans and ticket buyers. Appealing to this latter group should be a priority, given the league’s need to grow its fan […]

The Political Landscape Could Hurt Super Bowl Ratings

Posted on February 3, 2017 by John Dick

If you read this article after reading our recent research on the NFL’s concussion problems, you might think we have something against the league. We really don’t. In fact, as Pittsburghers, most of us at CivicScience are rabid Steelers fans and want nothing more than a healthy NFL. Unfortunately, the league can’t seem to catch […]

The NFL May Have a Full-Blown Crisis on its Hands

Posted on February 1, 2017 by John Dick

It’s been something of a tumultuous season for the NFL, to put it mildly. From the National Anthem protests that began in the pre-season, to a flurry of non-competitive games, and a messy relocation of another team to Los Angeles – not to mention the dreadful TV ratings that came with it – the league’s […]

Kill ‘Em With Kindness: How Planet Fitness Can Crush Its New Initiative

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Jordan Star

Planet Fitness’ ongoing initiative, called Judgement Free GenerationTM, has been running since March. It’s part of the chain’s larger movement to fight bullying and promote, as the name implies, a judgment-free generation where people respect differences and value kindness. Planet Fitness does this through raising funds for its charity partners, and investing in tools and […]

6 Things Dr. Martens Fans & Nike Fans Have in Common

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Jordan Star

The fans of both these shoe brands many not be as different as you think. […]

Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Esports Spectators

Posted on September 10, 2015 by CivicScience

People watching other people play video games online wasn’t something I knew existed until recently, and I surely didn’t think it was popular. But I was wrong. Electronic sports, or eSports, has become a multibillion dollar industry and popularity in the U.S. has been growing substantially. Top professional players can earn millions of dollars in […]

New England Patriots Already Winning With Sports Enthusiasts

Posted on January 30, 2015 by CivicScience

Yeah, yeah… of course we’ve done some polls asking people what they think about “Deflate-gate,” but this blog post instead looks at this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX differently: asking which team people think will win and which team they want to win. Asking over 3,100 U.S. adults, the large majority – 69% — say they […]

Immediate Reaction to ESPN’s Suspension of Bill Simmons

Posted on September 25, 2014 by John Dick

After news of ESPN’s decision to suspend sports writer Bill Simmons over his recent Roger Goodell tirade hit the interwebs last night, we deployed a poll question to see how consumers were reacting. A little over 12 hours later we have a representative sample of 2,424 US adults to look at. Less than a day […]

Who Exactly are These “Un-American” Soccer Fans?

Posted on July 11, 2014 by CivicScience

I have been amused at the reaction by many to the recent comments of hyper-conservative pot-stirrer Ann Coulter, who said: “Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation’s moral decay.” In her two-part soccer critiques (part 1 and part 2), she has simultaneously chastised the sport, its athletes, and its […]

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