50% Say Star College Athletes Deserve Royalties
Thursday, May 16, 2013
A ruling is expected next month on a suit filed by a former college basketball star claiming that the NCAA should not profit from using the names and images of athletes without paying them, and 50% of Americans agree. But most Americans continue to think it’s unfair for top athletes to be accepted to colleges over more qualified students.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 50% of Adults believe top college athletes deserve royalties when the NCAA profits from using their names and images. Thirty percent (30%) don’t think those athletes deserve royalties, while 19% more are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The national survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on May 13, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.