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The state of professional golf now compared with five years ago:
| Much stronger | 6.1% |
| Somewhat stronger | 27.9% |
| Same | 22.7% |
| Somewhat weaker | 34.0% |
| Much weaker | 4.9% |
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The state of professional tennis now compared with five years ago:
| Much stronger | 4.5% |
| Somewhat stronger | 16.0% |
| Same | 23.7% |
| Somewhat weaker | 35.3% |
| Much weaker | 15.4% |
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If you were a sponsor, which professional tour below would you invest in if you could select only one?
| PGA Tour | 70.9% |
| ATP World Tour | 12.3% |
| WTA Tour | 4.9% |
| LPGA | 3.3% |
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Global property you would most want to be associated with if you worked for a sponsor/brand:
| Summer Olympics | 46.2% |
| FIFA World Cup | 46.1% |
| Winter Olympics | 7.7% |
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If you were a sponsor of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, what would concern you the most?
| Security / protests | 60.2% |
| Logistics / transportation | 24.3% |
| State of Brazil’s economy | 12.8% |
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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports will play a significant role in sports:
| Agree | 40.1% |
| Disagree | 44.5% |
| No opinion | 15.4% |
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If you were a sponsor, would you invest in the UFC?
| Yes | 39.3% |
| No | 53.5% |
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Action sports property best positioned for growth:
| X Games | 34.1% |
| Dew Tour | 15.4% |
| U.S. Open of Surfing | 10.0% |
| Street League | 4.7% |
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Ratings for the Sochi Games will be:
| Flat with vancouver (13.8 average Nielsen rating) | 24.9% |
| Up from Vancouver | 17.7% |
| Down from Vancouver | 51.1% |
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Biggest issue facing the IOC:
| Cost of hosting and presenting the Games | 37.1% |
| Brazil falling behind in infrastructure development for the 2016 Games | 26.1% |
| Controversy around Russia’s anti-gay legislation | 15.0% |
| Process for selecting host cities | 14.7% |
| Landing new TOP sponsors | 3.8% |
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