Sports Illustrated has a "players poll" each issue. The question this week is "Would you welcome an openly gay teammate?" According to SI, 61.5% of baseball players, 59.6% of NBA players, 56.9% of NFL players, and 79.9% of NHL players said yes.
I would say that the results were simply made up to fit SI's ideological agenda, or the athletes were asked in such a way that their answers were traceable. At the bottom of the poll SI writes, "Based on a survey. . ." of players in the four leagues.
How was the "survey" conducted? Via telephone calls or face to face interviewing, or completely anonymously? If the players could answer in complete anonymity, who honestly thinks that more than 1 percent would "welcome an openly gay teammate"? Why would any athlete want an open homosexual in their locker room?
I would say that the results were simply made up to fit SI's ideological agenda, or the athletes were asked in such a way that their answers were traceable. At the bottom of the poll SI writes, "Based on a survey. . ." of players in the four leagues.
How was the "survey" conducted? Via telephone calls or face to face interviewing, or completely anonymously? If the players could answer in complete anonymity, who honestly thinks that more than 1 percent would "welcome an openly gay teammate"? Why would any athlete want an open homosexual in their locker room?