svmadelyn:

Not in the poll pages themselves, but in an article discussing them: “In fact, in The Mag’s last Confidential poll of athletes, 59% of pros say they support gay marriage. NHL players lead the way at 92%; the league was ahead of the curve on the issue thanks in part to the advocacy of Maple Leafs executive Brian Burke, whose son, Brendan, died in a car crash in 2010. Brendan was gay.

The exact numbers when asked whether the U.S. should legalize gay marriage, for anyone curious:

NBA: 46.2

MLB: 45.0

NFL: 62.5

NHL: 92.3

Total: 59.3

“Gay marriage should be legal,” says a recent Stanley Cup champ who supports Romney. “Everybody should have the chance to be miserable.”

Yeah, let’s not even go into the numbers that support Romney, but instead, let’s also enjoy the fact that 100% of NHL players answered “someone else” when posed: “If your league commish had to run for his office, would you vote for him or someone else.” Even Roger Goodell got 28.6% of his guys to say they’d vote for him.

Who Do You Want to Win the Election:

NHL:

Obama: 15.4%

Undecided/Other: 7.7%

Romney: 76.9%

For a bunch of dudes who, for the majority, voted in favour of gay marriage, of being pro-choice, legalising marijuana and legalising sports gambling, and are seemingly overall quite socially liberal, this particular result sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s basically the equivalent of saying, “yeah, I guess I support those other nice things in theory, but when you get down to it, I value my money (ie. "the economy”) over that less important stuff.“ So I’m not going to pretend these are some socially progressive dudes to be admired when all I’m seeing are people with a problem connecting their social values with reality, people with priorities I disagree with, or hypocrites.

(Source: ESPN, via svmadelyn)