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54% of Americans oppose any foreign ownership of major sports teams

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In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted April 10 to 15, 2024, 54% of Americans oppose any foreign ownership of major sports teams.

The next-largest share was 12% for they should be allowed to purchase 100% ownership of a team.

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54% of Americans oppose any foreign ownership of major sports teams.

Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Qatar Investment Authority) be allowed to purchase ownership of major league sports teams like those in the National Football League, National Basketball Association, or Major League Baseball?

  • They should not be allowed to purchase any percentage of ownership in a team. 53.8%
  • They should be allowed to purchase a percentage of ownership in a team, so long as they do not own the largest percentage of the team. 28.7%
  • They should be allowed to purchase 100% ownership of a team. 11.8%
  • They should be allowed to purchase the largest percentage of ownership in a team, so long as they do not own 100% of the team. 5.6%

2024 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2024-04-10 → 2024-04-15
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
2

Source

Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2024-037, fielded April 10-15, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-mpsa-omnibus-survey-2024-037#saudi-arabia-public-investment-fund-qatar-investment-authority-be-allowed-to-purchase-ownership-of-major-league-sports-teams-like-those-in-the-national-football-league-national-basketball-association-or-major-league-baseball

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. Each wave's specific field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that wave's report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
Verasight is a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research Transparency Initiative.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.