Questions about sports

[Showal]

I have a research paper to write. If you want, take a few minutes and answer this survey. You can take as much time or as little time as you want to answer. I'd prefer if people PM me with their answers. When you answer the "5 word" questions, just use the first 5 words that come to your head. Thanks in advance for any help.

Age:
Sex:

First 5 words when you think of male athletes:

First 5 words when you think of female athletes:

Have you ever participated in competitive sports:

If yes, what sports and why did you participate:

Do you currently participate in competitive sports:

Do you currently watch professional sports:

If yes, what sports and how often:

What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes:

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes:

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time:

If yes, how and why:

[Drew]

Women's sports suck except for tennis which is actually better than the mens' game.

[prance1520]

Age: 28
Sex: M

First 5 words when you think of male athletes: Strength, speed, fitness, competitive, ego

First 5 words when you think of female athletes: fitness, grace, pride (5 is hard :-P)

Have you ever participated in competitive sports: Yes

If yes, what sports and why did you participate: Scholarship athlete at Ohio State for Track and Cross Country. In order of importance on why: 1) Being part of a competitive team 2) Scholarship 3) Expectation of others

Do you currently participate in competitive sports: No

Do you currently watch professional sports: Yes

If yes, what sports and how often: College and Profession Football and Basketball (daily when available). Track and Cross Country live monthly (OSU home meets).

What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes: Extreme athleticism/possibility of seeing something great happen, team loyalty, conversational topics, personal relationships.

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes: Team loyalty, personal relationships.

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time: Slightly.

If yes, how and why: My wife was also a collegiate track athlete, so the personal relationship with her caused me to become more interested in the women's side of her event outside of the personal relationship.

[4a6c1]

Age: 29
Sex: F

First 5 words when you think of male athletes: Norway dudes are hot in

First 5 words when you think of female athletes: I need a new rack.

Have you ever participated in competitive sports: Yes

If yes, what sports and why did you participate: Tennis singles. I’m good at tennis. Rowing, because I wanted to try BUT it turns out my manshoulders are useless. Trail Running 2002-2006. It's challenging. Equine Dressage and jumping. - Teens. Soccer - Childhood. Softball - Childhood. Swimming – Childhood.

Do you currently participate in competitive sports: Tennis.

Do you currently watch professional sports: Yes

If yes, what sports and how often: Tennis, weekly. Golf, quarterly.

What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes: When a Norweigian dude from Statoil says to me “hey, come watch me get sweaty while I play weird foreign sports.” And then I say,”…I like lamp.” And go watch dudes get sweaty.

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes: I watch primarily female athletes.

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time: Not in any way that I am aware.

If yes, how and why: n/a

[4a6c1]

Also I object to the first 2 questions of your survey! They are bias towards linear thinkers. You obviously maintain a prejudice against higher conceptual thought. 5 pithy words. How DARE YOU.

[EasternBrand]

First 5 words when you think of male athletes:

I am not gay, but

[Stanley Burrell]

Age:

27.

Sex:

...


First 5 words when you think of male athletes:

Baseball, basketball, hockey, football, baseball.


First 5 words when you think of female athletes:

Less $, less muscle, more agile, gymnastics, soccer.


Have you ever participated in competitive sports:

Yes.


If yes, what sports and why did you participate:

Baseball, the wall, the rope, raquetball, soccer.


Do you currently participate in competitive sports:

Human race.


Do you currently watch professional sports:

Yes.


If yes, what sports and how often:

MLB: Much, NFL: Sometimes, NBA: Sometimes, NHL: Much, televised eating contests: Whenever possible.


What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes:

If it is not of suck. Fisticuffs.


What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes:

If it is not of suck. Catfights. Boobs.


Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time:

Yes.


If yes, how and why:

I am sad that female gymnasts have no boobs when I have to pretend to be social by watching the Olympics. They look like little girls. Sometimes they are. That is very uncomfortable.

[Latrinsorm]

Age: 29Again? I KID! I kid because I love. :heart:

Age: 25
Sex: Male

First 5 words when you think of male athletes: LEBRON JAMES! WITH NO REGARD

First 5 words when you think of female athletes: Serena but then again [at this point multiple words overlapped]

Have you ever participated in competitive sports: Yes.

If yes, what sports and why did you participate: Little League and AYSO - because my parents were going to leave me there anyway and it beat sitting around doing nothing until they got back. As an adult: basketball, soccer, and softball - because they're rad. Track/XC isn't a sport, but I did that.

Do you currently participate in competitive sports: Yes.

Do you currently watch professional sports: Yes.

If yes, what sports and how often: NBA - about once a week, would be less if I didn't have Knicks and Nets channels. MLB - couple times a week, would be much less if I didn't have Mets channel. NFL - once a week or so. Soccer (Brits or MLS) about once a month. NHL very occasionally.

What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes: Family reasons - my dad liked the Mets, so I like the Mets. There must be something else, because my dad hates the NBA and I love it (it's fan-tastic), but I don't know what it is.

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes: Not sure. I do watch the WNBA occasionally, but I never really seek it out. It's conceivable that I would watch womens soccer.

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time: No.

If yes, how and why: N/A

[WRoss]

27 m (ASL check!)

First 5 words when you think of male athletes:
criminals, cocky, strong, tall, rich

First 5 words when you think of female athletes:
Feres-Twins, athletic, sexy, butchy, strong

Have you ever participated in competitive sports:
yes

If yes, what sports and why did you participate:
Swimming, long distance running (10k+), triathlon, track, soccer, basketball, baseball

Do you currently participate in competitive sports:
Soccer, running, swimming

Do you currently watch professional sports:
yes

If yes, what sports and how often:
NCAA Football - every weekend, NFL football - every weekend, NCAA basketball - tournament and U of Florida only, Swimming - whenever it's on

What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes:
Playing for a team I like or being an amazing athlete

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes:
Playing for a team I like, being an sport changing athlete, being sexy

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time:
Not really

If yes, how and why:

[prance1520]

Track/XC isn't a sport

Ouch, burn.

[4a6c1]

Casual marathons are not considered competitive sports. Unless you circuit and have consistent sponsors. I am not talking to anyone in particular (like ROSS for example.)

[TheEschaton]

Age: 29
Sex: male

First 5 words when you think of male athletes: black, football, broken, rich, cheaters

First 5 words when you think of female athletes: strong, Serena, manly, butch, soccer

Have you ever participated in competitive sports: yes, but a long time ago.

If yes, what sports and why did you participate: football, in high school, because all my friends were doing it.

Do you currently participate in competitive sports: Nope.

Do you currently watch professional sports: Does a bear shit in the woods? Yes, of course.

If yes, what sports and how often:

Football, every week it's on, hockey, whenever I can get my local team on the tv since I don't live in the local market, golf on lazy Sundays, basketball come playoffs.
What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes:
Grew up watching them, have an emotional investment in their success.

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes:
Hotness combined with great skill, cf Brandi Chastain.

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time:
Sure.

If yes, how and why:[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure professional athlete is something young minority males should be shooting for any more, just like I don't think rapper should be. It seems to be increasingly a domain of incredible machismo and egotism which leads to awful life decisions. As for women, I just wish they were better at the sports they play, but I think it's because they've been forced to play sports designed for men to get attention.

[Warriorbird]

Age: 31
Sex: M

First 5 words when you think of male athletes: strong, focused, intense, wild, stressed

First 5 words when you think of female athletes: tough, determined, controlled, built, practiced

Have you ever participated in competitive sports: Yes

If yes, what sports and why did you participate: Tae Kwon Do, Baseball, Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Cross Country, Olympic Fencing, Academic Fencing

Do you currently participate in competitive sports: Yes, academic fencing

Do you currently watch professional sports: Yes

If yes, what sports and how often: NCAA tournament stuff, bowl games, the Olympics

What would motivate you to watch professional male athletes: A perception of untainted competition

What would motivate you to watch professional female athletes: Less boredom, more beach volleyball (I see you, Dubya)

Has your perception of either sex of athlete changed over time: No

If yes, how and why:

[Latrinsorm]

Don't read this post unless you've put your response already.

It's very interesting to me how many people are putting NCAA under the "professional sports" question.

[WRoss]

Casual marathons are not considered competitive sports. Unless you circuit and have consistent sponsors. I am not talking to anyone in particular (like ROSS for example.)

Does running 10k+ events as cross training for me being considered for the US National Team in Swimming and Triathlon count?

[4a6c1]

Yes. It also precludes me from editing my post. :P

[Warriorbird]

Don't read this post unless you've put your response already.

It's very interesting to me how many people are putting NCAA under the "professional sports" question.

I thought about it and left it in.

[Showal]

Thanks guys. I've gotten a lot more responses than I expect.

[LMingrone]

Age: 28
Sex: M

1.Money, Ego, Skills, Yankees, Giants
2.Boring, Sasha Cohen, fail, kitchen, sandwich
3. Yes
4. Baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, tennis, football
5. Yes, basketball and golf
6. Yes.
7. Baseball, football, hockey, nascar, mma. 10 hours/week
8.Gambling. +$
9. nothing. I'm not sexist. I just don't enjoy women's sports unless it's beach volleyball.