| My sex is: |
Male
Female
No Answer
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| My age is: |
Under 10 years of age
10 to 19 years of age
20 to 29 years of age
30 to 39 years of age
40 to 49 years of age
Over 50 years of age
No Answer |
My annual income is: |
Under $10,000
Between $10,000 and $50,000
Between $50,000 and $90,000
Between $90,000 and $130,000
Greater than $130,000
No Answer |
| The state I reside in
is: |
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How interested are you
in youth, amateur, scholastic, and collegiate sports? |
Very interested
Somewhat interested
A little bit interested
Not at all interested
Don't know
No Answer |
Please
rate whether you agree or disagree with the following
statements. |
1. Athletes are specializing in a
single sport far too early in their lives. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
2. Athletes are being exploited by
our academic institutions for the principal reason
of providing commercialized entertainment. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
3. The academic expectations for high
school and collegiate athletes often are lower than
those for non-athletes. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
4. Scholastic and collegiate athletes
often do not get the kind of education that they are
entitled to receive from our academic institutions. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
5. High school and collegiate sports
are too commercialized. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
6. The publication of betting line
information and sports gambling compromises the integrity
of high school and collegiate athletics. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
7. The use of performance enhancing
drugs and supplements by amateur, youth, high school,
and collegiate athletes is a growing problem in sports
competition. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
8. The media gives too much attention
to the exploits of youth, amateur, high school, and
collegiate athletes. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
9. Unequal sports opportunities based
upon gender, age, and socioeconomic condition are
a growing problem in athletics. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
10. Burnout, over-training, and sports
injuries among youth, amateur, high school, and collegiate
athletes are a growing problem. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
11. The decline of overall health
and fitness is a growing problem among adolescents
and young adults. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
12. The decline of sportsmanship by
athletes, parents, coaches and fans is a growing problem
in athletics. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
13. The negative "jock"
culture resulting from off-the-field misbehavior of
high school and college athletes is a growing problem
in sports. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
14. More needs to be done to promote
the true essence of sports at the youth, amateur,
scholastic, and collegiate level which is to participate,
have fun, and simultaneously learn something about
sportsmanship, teamwork, ethics, and fair play. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
15. Our youth, amateur, scholastic,
and collegiate athletes face serious problems, pressures,
and stresses that work against their enjoyment of
sports participation. |
Strongly Agree
Agree
No Opinion
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
No Answer |
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