This might explain Notre Dame’s season: Study says 1/3rd of football players have had sex with men
A study of former high-school American Football players has found that more than a third said they had had sexual relations with other men.
In his study of homosexuality among sportsmen in the US, sociologist Dr Eric Anderson found that 19 in a sample of 47 had taken part in acts intended to sexually arouse other men, ranging from kissing to mutual masturbation and oral sex.
The 47 men, aged 18-23, were all American Football players who previously played at the high school (secondary school) level. They were at various universities from the American south, Mid-West, west and north west.
One wonders if the study wasn’t biased by a researcher looking for a particular result. Dr. Anderson was the first openly gay male high school sports coach in the US. He is now working in the field of sport sociology at the University of Bath, and is the author of In the Game, Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity.
For the record, and I can’t speak for Chad or Senior Admin Official, but I never played high-school football.
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October 31st, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Awfully small sample, isn’t it?
October 31st, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I agree though it might in fact be statistically significant. I still think it may be a researcher with an agenda that sought out data to support something he wanted to be true.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:03 am
That’s a horrid sample. To put it in perspective of how bad it is, most high school teams have more than 47 players. My high school has about 500 students, with more than 47 players. Multiply that by the number of high schools in the US and it gets real obvious real fast what the base should be. So, to draw a summary from 47 leaves a standard error of about 100%. Simple terms, mathematically, this is useless.
It might still explain Notre Dame tho. For a more symmetrical comparison tho, I’d check and see how well San Francisco’s teams play.
And, based on my research of watching Seinfeld, specifically the Nazi gay guys, I’m not sure that sexual orientation really would affect how well they smash mouth.
But, if it is truly accurate research ( which it’s not ), that might explain all the butt patting, weird dancing, and excessive jewelry. And, it would certainly my link up there on my website thingy.
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:25 am
The Kinsey Report shows that about 37% of American males have had at least one homosexual experience in their lifetime so in actuality these football players are below average. That would be a more logical explanation for the poor performance of ND, no nads.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Simply because I was a nerd in h.s. and hated the jocks, I’ll twist a popular line: 1 out of 3 football players had sex with other men, and the other 2 are lying about it.
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 pm
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November 3rd, 2007 at 7:18 am
I guess, ya gotta figger, the ages of these college football players and the time spent in locker rooms increases their margin for maybe being “gay-curious” az opposed to making it a “lifestyle”…and don’t fergit, that most college players prob’ly still git drunk after games. Lotta times “all bets are off” when drinkin’ and comraderie hook-up….I dunno, now….jus’ sayin’…However..your article duz make me understand a l’il bit better why ND sucks…
November 4th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Sunday AM after Navy beats ND ferda first time…Ya know?…Dem Navy guys have issues too…maybe that’s why they hung around each other for three Overtimes..
Sincerely.
The Village People