Poll shows Tom Brady has an unfavorability rating of 83%

[cali]

Last edited Fri May 15, 2015, 02:45 PM - Edit history (1)

A poll released on Tuesday by the Denver sports polling firm of Peynter-Rodstein, shows a sharp increase in the number of self-identified football fans who hold an unfavorable opinion of New England quarterback Tom Brady. His unfavorable ratings have almost doubled since February, 2015, following New England's Superbowl victory over Seattle. The poll, which was conducted between May 5 and May 11, asked 1,200 people whether they held a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Brady.

Brady's unpopularity is unprecedented; not just for an NFL quarterback but for any major sports figure. His unfavorable rating is 4 points higher than Lance Armstrong's.

An unfavorable rating this high doesn't bode well for Brady's advertising contracts or future earnings from sponsors. An Ugg Australia spokeswoman refused to comment.

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[n2doc]

2. It's pretty bad when one is compared to Nixon

[Liberal_in_LA]

34. lol

[brooklynite]

3. I'd have to care enough to think of him unfavorably

[cali]

4. Are you a football fan?

[brooklynite]

5. Indeed I am...the kind where you move the ball with your foot

[pintobean]

6. no link?

[cali]

7. oops. sorry

That's what happens when you make up a ridiculous story- you just can't back it up with a link.

[pintobean]

8. I knew that

<snip> was a dead giveaway. It's so 2010.

[cali]

9. so was using the number 1,200

but c'mon, it wasn't too shabby an effort, was it?

[pintobean]

11. Not at all

It will continue to work, too.

[Dr. Strange]

10. Hmmm, that number seems...

deflated.

[cali]

12. ......

I thought you were going to say... made up.

[R B Garr]

15. No link. Nice stunt!

[pintobean]

16. .

[R B Garr]

17. No kidding!

[Yavin4]

19. And that makes him in the lead for the Republican nomination n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

20. 4 points higher than Lance Armstrong?

Yikes.

[cali]

23. .....

it's satire, Manny. I made it up.

[MannyGoldstein]

24. Got me.

Poe's law may be more powerful than gravity.

[petronius]

21. That seems good, actually. Considering there are 32 teams in the league, and

he's the QB of the team that came out on top of all of them, his we-hate-you rating ought to be closer to 96.9% (assuming equal numbers of fans for all teams).

Caveat: IANASaIANBPSH*



* For those of you not up on the latest InterTube abbreviations, that means "I am not a statistician and I am not being particularly serious here."

[Go Vols]

22. Poll Finds Tom Brady’s Likeability Has Dropped To Career-Low 53 Percent

http://nesn.com/2015/05/poll-finds-tom-bradys-likeability-has-dropped-to-career-low-53-percent/

[Go Vols]

27. I think no less or more of him than I did before.

He/the team made me quite a bit of money last season.

[cali]

26. OK

you found me out. It's satire. I made it up out of whole cloth. There are clues in there: the name of the faux polling firm is Peynter-Rodstein- as in Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers. And the number of people "polled" is 1200- and that's aside from the ridiculous 83% unfavorable rating and the the 4 points higher unfavorable rating than Lance Armstrong.

[we can do it]

28. Who cares

[cali]

30. it's satire. I made it up- precisely because people do seem to care so much.

[we can do it]

37. Flew over my head like a deflated ball.

[bvar22]

29. What does Brady care?

Quarterbacks aren't elected.

[cali]

31. He shouldn't as

I completely fabricated the story. satire. (I admit I was thinking of a particularly passionate DU Pats fan)

[bvar22]

32. Got it!

[SummerSnow]

33. hmm, maybe?

[Liberal_in_LA]

35. how is he different from Lance Armstrong?

[pintobean]

36. Placement of, and type of, needle?