TURNKEY Sports Poll

Turnkey Sports & Entertainment owns the Turnkey Sports Poll, the industry’s continuing survey of senior-level executives and owners which probes the hottest issues inside sports. The results of the poll appear weekly in the SportsBusiness Journal.

March 2005
Female athlete marketability, PGA Tour popularity, Tour De France

Which of the following best describes the PGA Tour's status in its product lifecycle?    

  • Established product that has reached its peak - 45.23%
  • Rising star with still more growth potential - 28.22%
  • Mature product that is beginning to level off or decline - 24.48%

No Response   - 2.07%

Looking at the past three years, how would you grade the management of the PGA Tour as a sports property?    

  • B - 57.56%
  • C - 19.33%
  • A - 15.97%
  • D - 2.52%
  • F - 0.42%

No Response - 4.20%

Do you think that the PGA Tour's next national television contract will be higher, lower or about the same?    

  • About the same - 46.64%
  • Higher - 29.83%
  • Lower - 20.59%

No Response - 2.94%

Should the NCAA continue with the current 65-team format for the Men's basketball tournament, expand the field to 128 teams, or allow all 327 Division 1-A teams into the tournament?    

  • Current 65-team format - 88.24%
  • Increase to 128 teams - 6.72%
  • Allow all 327 teams - 4.20%

No Response - 0.84%

Do you keep up with any cycling events other than the Tour de France?    

  • No - 93.70%
  • Yes - 5.88%

No Response - 0.42%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Sports agents need more regulation.    

  • Strongly Agree - 41.95%
  • Somewhat Agree - 34.75%
  • Neither Agree nor Disagree - 16.53%
  • Somewhat Disagree - 3.39%
  • Strongly Disagree - 2.54%

No Response - 0.85%

If the NHL cannot reach a collective bargaining agreement with the NHL Players Association, do you think the NHL should play 2005-2006 with replacement players?

  • Yes - 68.94%
  • No - 28.94%

No Response - 2.13%

Congress has subpoenaed several baseball executives and players for questioning and has also subpoenaed drug testing results. MLB has resisted the subpoenas on privacy and other legal grounds. Which of the following do you MOST strongly agree with?     

  • MLB should cooperate with Congress fully, even if legally justified in resisting  - 57.87%
  • MLB should selectively cooperate with Congress, but without compromising any of its legal rights - 31.91%
  • MLB should vigorously enforce its full range of privacy and other legal rights to the point, if necessary, of withholding cooperation - 6.38%

No Response - 3.83%

Which women's sport property do you think will enjoy the MOST success during the next five (5) years?     

  • College Basketball - 32.77%
  • LPGA - 25.53%
  • Extreme Sports - 16.60%
  • WTA - 11.49%
  • WNBA - 7.66%
  • Other - 4.68%

No Response - 1.28%

Which female sports athlete will have the biggest impact on the sports industry over the next five (5) years?     

  • Michelle Wie - 55.32%
  • Maria Sharapova - 20.43%
  • Other - 10.21%
  • Diana Taurasi - 6.38%
  • Abby Wambach - 1.70%

No Response - 5.96%

How would you describe the health of women's sports today compared with five (5) years ago?    

  • Somewhat stronger - 50.21%
  • About the same - 21.28%
  • Much stronger - 16.17%
  • Somewhat weaker - 11.06%
  • Much weaker - 0.43%

No Response - 0.85%
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