Interesting sports poll, pleasant surprise....

Sports Illustrated has a poll on their website asking professional athletes if they would welcome an openly gay teammate. Here are their results:

Would you welcome an openly gay teammate?

MLB
Yes 61.5%
No 34.8%
Don't Know 3.7%

NBA
Yes 59.6%
No 38.6%
Don't Know 1.8%

NFL
Yes 56.9%
No 39.6%
Don't Know 3.5%

NHL
Yes 79.9%
No 18.0%
Don't Know 2.1%

I was glad to see no major league had a response rate of less than 50% "Yes" (though clearly, one would wish these acceptance rates were higher in 2006). However, I was pretty impressed (and frankly, a little surprised) that the NHL acceptance level was almost 80%, and the highest of any league!

Not sure if any deep maning can be found here, but I thought it was quite interesting, and worth sharing!