Basketball

(Asked of sports fans) We'd like to know your views on how widespread the use of performance enhancing drugs is in various professional sports. Just your best guess, how many athletes in -- [RANDOM ORDER] -- use performance-enhancing drugs -- all or almost all, most, some, only a few, or none?

2007 Jun 1-3 (sorted by "all or almost all/most")	All or almost all	Most	Some	Only a few	None	No opinion	All/ most
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Professional football	7	26	45	18	2	2	33
Professional baseball	7	20	46	24	1	2	27
Track and field	5	16	45	25	5	4	21
Professional cycling	6	14	37	31	5	7	20
Professional basketball	4	12	43	32	5	3	16
Swimming	3	6	37	34	10	10	9

(Asked of sports fans) Do you think each of the following sports is doing enough -- or not doing enough -- to deal with the use of performance enhancing drugs by its athletes? How about -- [RANDOM ORDER]?

2007 Jun 1-3 (sorted by "doing enough")	Doing enough	Not doing enough	No opinion
	%	%	%
Swimming	51	31	18
Professional cycling	48	42	10
Track and field	45	43	12
Professional basketball	45	48	6
Professional football	33	63	4
Professional baseball	30	67	3

What is your favorite sport to watch?

	2008 Dec	2007 Dec	2006 Dec	2005 Dec
	%	%	%	%
Football	41	43	43	34
Baseball	10	13	11	12
Basketball	9	11	12	12
Ice hockey	4	4	2	4
Soccer	3	2	2	3
Auto Racing	3	3	4	5
Golf	2	2	3	2
Boxing	2	1	2	1
Tennis	1	1	1	3
Ice/Figure Skating	1	2	3	3
Gymnastics	1	1	1	*
Volleyball	1	*	*	1
Swimming	*	*	*	*
Wrestling	*	1	*	1
Fishing	*	--	*	1
Motocross	*	*	*	*
Rodeo	*	*	*	1
Bowling	--	*	*	*

OTHER	6	3	3	4
NONE	14	12	12	13
No opinion	*	1	*	*
* Less than 0.5%

Long-Term Trend

	Football	Baseball	Basketball	Ice hockey	Auto racing	Ice/ Figure skating
	%	%	%	%	%	%
2008 Dec 4-7	41	10	9	4	3	1
2007 Dec 6-9	43	13	11	4	3	2
2006 Dec 11-14	43	11	12	2	4	3
2005 Dec 5-8	34	12	12	4	5	3
2004 Dec 5-8	37	10	13	3	5	4
2003 Dec 11-14	37	10	14	5	5	6
2002 Dec 5-8	37	12	13	3	5	4
2001 Mar 26-28	28	12	16	3	6	4
2000 Mar 30-Apr 2	33	13	15	5	5	4
1998 Nov 20-22	36	16	12	3	3	2
1997 Apr 18-20 ^	30	14	17	3	7	2
1995 Apr 17-19	32	16	15	3	2	2
1994 Sep 16-20	37	16	13	1	2	3
1994 Aug 8-9	35	21	11	3	2	3
1992 Sept	38	16	12	4	2	2
1990 Feb	35	16	15	3	1	2
1981 Jan	38	16	9	2	1	2
1972 Oct	32	24	9	4	2	1
1960 Dec	21	34	9	3	*	1
1948 Apr 9-14	17	39	10	3	1	*
1937 Mar 24-29	23	34	8	2	1	1
* Less than 0.5%
^ WORDING: What is your favorite sport to follow?

Are you a fan of college basketball, or not?

	Yes, a fan	Somewhat of a fan (vol.)	No, not a fan	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2006 Apr 7-9	29	6	65	*
2004 Dec 5-8	35	6	59	*
2004 Mar 26-28	32	6	62	*
2002 Mar 18-20	37	5	58	*
2001 Mar 26-28	38	9	52	1

Would you like to see the NCAA -- [ROTATED: increase the number of teams that qualify for the men's NCAA basketball tournament, keep the number of teams the same, or reduce the number of teams that qualify for the men's NCAA basketball tournament]?

[ASKED OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL FANS]

	Increase	Keep the same	Reduce	No opinion
2006 Apr 7-9	20%	72	4	4

Are you a fan of professional basketball, or not?

	Yes, a fan	Somewhat of a fan (vol.)	No, not a fan	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2004 Dec 5-8	33	5	61	1
2003 May 30-Jun 1	29	10	61	--
2002 Jun 21-23	33	12	54	1
2002 Mar 18-20	35	7	58	*
2001 Oct 5-6	30	8	62	0
2001 Jun 8-10	29	12	59	*
2001 Mar 26-28	36	8	55	1
2000 Mar 30-Apr 2	38	8	54	--
1999 Jan 15-17	31	11	58	--
1999 Jan 6	29	12	59	--
1998 Oct 9-12	36	10	54	--
1994 Mar 11-13	32	11	57	--

Do you think the NBA should have an age restriction requiring players to be at least twenty years of age, or do you think there should be no age limit?

	Yes, restriction	No, no restriction	No opinion

*National adults*
2002 Jun 21-23	43%	51	6
1999 Jun 25-27	50%	44	6

*Basketball fans*
2002 Jun 21-23	43%	55	2