sportprof101

Hello Red Sox Fans, With the help of message board members beginning in 2014, we—the students and professors of the Know Rivalry Project—began answering this question and others related to rivalry in the MLB. Please help us update and expand our results to ensure that the Boston Red Sox are included by taking 9 minutes to complete our newest survey: https://umassamherst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3FdJ8eN2EgFCfCB?mbsrc=krdir&grpID=1368 Our previous results have been featured in numerous sports media outlets, as well as the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. You can view those results, links to media coverage, and learn more about us at our KnowRivalry.com website BUT we'd prefer you didn't until you completed the survey via the link above. We use the Qualtrics online survey software for data collection. This academic research has been approved by two US universities' Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and it poses no risks to respondents. You'll find more information on the disclosure agreement that is required to start the survey. Thank you for helping us to include the Boston Red Sox by participating and please share this with any other fans that may also help. Note: We all know the Red Sox have an obvious rival. But as fans do you perceive more teams as rivals? Jonah, Student Researcher, Northern Kentucky University Dr. Joe Cobbs, Northern Kentucky University Dr. David Tyler, University of Massachusetts—Amherst

"What does rivalry mean to you? I'm a college student working with my professors to answer that question and others related to understanding fans' perspective of MLB rivalries. Please take our survey (5-10 minutes) to tell us what rivalry means to Boston Red Sox fans, and we'll come back to share the results once compiled. https://wcu.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_88Pi1EUnafKYGTH&mbsrc=mb0512 Thanks in advance for helping with our research! You can see this WSJ article for more about our previous rivalry work in college football (http://on.wsj.com/1zFB6Gd), and we look forward to learning about MLB rivalries as well. (To Mods: Sorry if this isn't acceptable use of the board. If you'd like it posted elsewhere, just please let us know and we'll remove it; however, our similar survey in college football was popular for discussion in the team forums, and we hope your members will also enjoy it) Tyler Mason, Sports Business student at Northern Kentucky University Dr. Joe Cobbs, Northern Kentucky University Dr. David Tyler, Western Carolina University"