Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #19405

Philadelphia Broadly Supports NCAA $60 Million Fine Against Penn State, Removal of Joe Paterno Statue, But Opposes Other Sanctions:

By a 3:1 margin, Philadelphia-area adults agree with the NCAA's decision to fine Penn State University $60 million, according to this SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WCAU-TV, NBC10 in Philadelphia. The other three aspects of the NCAA's sanctions are less popular:

* By 2:1, Philadelphia disagrees with the NCAA decision to vacate all of the University's football wins from 1999-2011.
* By 3:2, there is disagreement with the decision to reduce the number of scholarships for the team.
* By 5:4, there is disagreement with the NCAA's 4-year ban on post-season play. Penn State alumni and their immediate families are 10 points more likely than non-alumni to disagree with the post-season ban.

59% say the statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium should have been removed; 52% say the school library name should not be changed from Paterno Library. 64% say the university will be able to restore its reputation. Alumni are 21 points more likely than non-alumni to say Penn State's reputation will be restored.

Today we'd like to ask you about some of the sanctions the NCAA has imposed on Penn State. First, a $60 million fine that will be used to establish an endowment to support nationwide programs that serve the victims of child sexual abuse. This amount is the equivalent of one year's gross revenue of the football team. Do you agree? Or disagree with this sanction?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Agree	71%	66%	75%	69%	80%	74%	65%	73%	70%	73%	61%	72%	**	76%	71%	69%	73%	69%	69%	71%	72%
Disagree	22%	27%	18%	29%	9%	21%	24%	22%	22%	22%	25%	24%	**	20%	22%	27%	18%	24%	25%	21%	22%
Not Sure	7%	6%	7%	1%	11%	6%	11%	5%	8%	5%	14%	4%	**	4%	7%	3%	9%	7%	6%	8%	6%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

2	Next. Penn State will be banned from all bowl games and any other postseason play for four years. Do you agree? Or disagree with this sanction?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Agree	45%	49%	41%	39%	55%	47%	43%	44%	45%	42%	46%	58%	**	38%	47%	44%	44%	47%	44%	49%	45%
Disagree	53%	48%	58%	61%	35%	52%	55%	52%	53%	56%	48%	42%	**	61%	51%	55%	53%	51%	53%	50%	53%
Not Sure	2%	3%	2%	0%	10%	1%	2%	3%	1%	2%	6%	0%	**	1%	2%	1%	3%	1%	3%	1%	2%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

3	Penn State must vacate all wins from 1998-2011. Do you agree? Or disagree with this sanction?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Agree	32%	35%	29%	27%	40%	36%	29%	32%	33%	29%	30%	58%	**	36%	31%	33%	29%	40%	33%	36%	28%
Disagree	65%	61%	68%	70%	55%	63%	67%	65%	65%	68%	65%	42%	**	63%	66%	66%	69%	54%	65%	62%	67%
Not Sure	3%	4%	3%	3%	5%	1%	4%	4%	3%	3%	5%	0%	**	0%	3%	1%	2%	6%	2%	2%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

4	Penn State's football team will have its initial scholarships reduced from 25 to 15 per year for four years. Do you agree? Or disagree with this sanction?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.4%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Agree	41%	44%	38%	35%	43%	48%	39%	38%	44%	36%	47%	78%	**	41%	41%	37%	45%	43%	43%	40%	44%
Disagree	56%	53%	58%	62%	51%	49%	58%	59%	53%	60%	49%	22%	**	57%	55%	61%	51%	53%	56%	57%	48%
Not Sure	3%	3%	4%	2%	6%	4%	3%	3%	3%	4%	3%	0%	**	3%	4%	2%	4%	4%	1%	3%	8%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

5	Do you think Joe Paterno's statue outside of Beaver Stadium should? Or should not? Have been removed?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.4%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Should	59%	62%	56%	57%	62%	64%	55%	59%	60%	59%	57%	60%	**	62%	57%	56%	55%	72%	53%	61%	67%
Should Not	38%	36%	39%	43%	32%	32%	41%	40%	36%	38%	40%	32%	**	37%	39%	42%	41%	24%	45%	36%	28%
Not Sure	3%	2%	5%	0%	5%	5%	4%	2%	4%	3%	3%	8%	**	1%	4%	2%	4%	4%	2%	3%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

6	Do you think the name of Penn State's library should? Or should not? Be changed from Paterno Library?

500 Adults	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Should	43%	45%	42%	42%	56%	46%	34%	47%	41%	38%	50%	69%	**	40%	42%	35%	46%	51%	34%	44%	52%
Should Not	52%	51%	52%	53%	39%	48%	61%	48%	54%	57%	40%	31%	**	57%	52%	62%	51%	38%	65%	51%	40%
Not Sure	5%	4%	6%	4%	6%	6%	5%	5%	5%	5%	10%	0%	**	3%	6%	3%	3%	12%	2%	5%	8%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Adults	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

7	Do you think Penn State will? Or will not be able to restore its reputation?

500 Following PSU Stories	All	Gender		Age				<50 / 50+		Race				PSU Alumni?		Party Affiliation			Ideology
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.3%	All	Male	Female	18-34	35-49	50-64	65+	18-49	50+	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Yes	No	Republic	Democrat	Independ	Conserva	Moderate	Liberal
Will Restore	64%	70%	58%	59%	63%	69%	64%	60%	67%	66%	57%	65%	**	80%	59%	60%	63%	67%	64%	61%	62%
Will Not	25%	23%	27%	29%	30%	24%	20%	29%	22%	24%	30%	19%	**	14%	29%	24%	29%	23%	28%	26%	25%
Not Sure	11%	6%	15%	13%	7%	7%	16%	11%	11%	11%	13%	16%	**	6%	12%	16%	7%	10%	7%	13%	12%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Composition of Following PSU Stories	100%	47%	53%	30%	16%	29%	26%	45%	55%	73%	17%	5%	4%	19%	80%	32%	44%	21%	29%	41%	22%

** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.