Ever since it was launched in February 2006, the Seton Hall Sports Poll has never been afraid to address sensitive issues where sports cross over the threshold of the literal and metaphorical white lines. This has led to the sports poll being cited by sports and cable news networks like ESPN and Fox News and recently, being used as evidence to push forward a point about anthem protests by President Donald Trump’s spokesperson Steve Cheung.
Those involved with the Sports Poll clearly do not run from controversial issues, but they look for them.
“I can’t really ever remember backing off an issue,” Rick Gentile, director of the Sports Poll, said.