Survey Says
YOU HEAR IT all the time when players discuss political, social and other nonfootball topics: An NFL locker room is the most diverse place on earth. So during the 2016 season The MMQB put that idea to the test, surveying the Broncos' locker room on topics ranging from family wealth to voter participation to religion.
The following snippets, based on the answers of the 51 Broncos who participated, provide some insight into the demographics of an NFL locker room. The full results, available at TheMMQB.com, provide a fuller picture.
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INCOME-CLASS HISTORY
UPPER-MIDDLE
11.8%
LOWER
29.4%
LOWER-MIDDLE
21.6%
MIDDLE
37.3%
COLLEGE DEGREES AMONG PREVIOUS GENERATIONS BY RACE
PARENTS
71.4%
56.8%
GRANDPARENTS
57.1%
18.9%
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
28.6%
5.4%
WHITE
NONWHITE
COLLEGE DEGREES EARNED
NO DEGREE
35.1%
DEGREE
64.9%
NONWHITE PLAYERS
14.3%
DEGREE
85.7%
WHITE PLAYERS
PARTICIPATION IN 2016 ELECTIONS
DID NOT VOTE
66.7%
VOTED
33.3%
BREAKDOWN BY RELIGION
CHRISTIAN
86%
MUSLIM
2%
NON-SECTARIAN
2%
UNDECIDED
2%
ATHEIST
8%
*For complete results go to TheMMQB.com