Rooting for Asian vs. U.S. Teams | Asian American Poll

ROOTING FOR ASIAN VS. U.S. TEAMS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:09:43 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

In contests between athletes from Asia and U.S. athletes, for whom do you root most often?
U.S. Athletes | 26%
Athletes from Asia | 48%
The underdog | 14%
Varies with event and nationality | 12%

What factor is most important in your desire to root for athletes from Asia?
Racial identification | 42%
Nationalistic Feelings | 7%
Scarcity of visible Asian figures in the U.S. | 51%

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If the question is about athletes REPRESENTING the USA or Asian nations (e.g., in the Olympics, World Cup events, etc.), I'd be curious as to how Asian-Americans would reply. I am German-American, but I always root for the Americans. For example, if Michelle Kwan wins a gold medal, I'd be happy because she'll win it (in probably the most noted individual event in the winter Olympics) for the USA, not for China. Would Asian Americans root just as hard for American non-Asian athletes versus Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Olympic athletes?
Joe Saturday, February 02, 2002 at 23:55:29 (PST)

In the 2000 Summer Olympics, the South Korean women's basketball team came in fourth place. They were awfully close to taking third place, and thus come home with a bronze medal.

B. Lee Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 05:14:39 (PST)

Asian women are beginning to challenge white women in sports. In the British Commowealth they play a game called cricket..an all Asian Indian woman's cricket team, soundly demolished an all-white English women's team in a recent series in India. In fact, they have won seven out of their last eight games and are expected to win the final game on thursday.

Here in the US, Asian women are beginning to challenge white women in Basketball...among the top players in the country is Lindsay Yamasaki of Stanford and Shebnem Kimciaglou also of Stanford...whose parents are from Turkey (alright Turkey is not Asian in the East or South Asian sense), which is in Asia Minor, can shoot NBA style three pointers and she is only a freshman. Asian women also have done themselves proud in Volleyball and Figure skating.

However, I must say that it would be very tough to challenge black women in some sports. The German women tried to by taking steroids in 1988...did not work and some lost their lives.
Asian American Male Monday, January 21, 2002 at 13:56:26 (PST)

My bad! Park signed with Texas, must of had a brain cramp. He'll be behind A-Rod when it comes to stardom.
oops Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 15:32:17 (PST)

With Chan Ho Park in Anaheim at least he could make a name for himself, instead of being behind Kevin Brown, Shawn Green, Gary Shefield (I know he's gone) and all the other Dodgers. I wonder why L.A. gave Dreifort so much money and not Park? Maybe because Dreifort got so much they can't afford Park. What do you all think of Yao Ming? Think he's going to do good as a rookie like Carter did or will he take time to develop like Nowitzki and Pedrag? I think he'll probably be good after a couple of weeks because what good players will worst 3 teams have? I wish the Sharks allowed Ming to enter the draft, I was very dissapointed because it is the first time a Chinese athlete have been talked about in North American professional team sports.
a guy that can't dance Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 15:30:56 (PST)

jjk:

I sort of agree that Chan Ho will have a less that stellar year with the Texas Rangers. Pretty certain though he'll end up with 15-18 wins. ERA...well, let's just say it'll be a typical AL earned run average - maybe 4.00 or just under that.

It was disappointed to watch Chan Ho lose concentration in big games. He could have helped the Dodgers win the division if he had pitched some better games no doubt about it.

I am still heartsick that he left. He seemed like such a Dodger natural. Scott Boras is a dick. All he cares about is placing players with the teams who pay them the most. That might be good for the players long-run, but it's bad for baseball, bad for the fans. I would love to have seen the Dodgers sign Chan Ho Park for 7 years. That would have made the team stronger. Right now, they can look forward to another mediocre season. Play 6 months then go home.
Geoff DB geofdb67@aol.com Friday, December 28, 2001 at 22:54:38 (PST)

I really think Chan Ho leaving Dodgers is a good thing. It's true that he had a lot of good experiences w/ the Dodgers (especially w/ Brown) but his potentials were some what hindered by lack of fan/run support, etc.

AL West is going to be tough, especially when he's put into a situation to carry the entire Texas pitching staff. But right now is the chance for Chan Ho to either break out or break down. I think his entire career depends on the year 2002.

I'm predicting Park to have around 4.00 ERA w/ 15+ wins but around 3.5 ERA with 20+ wins would be excellent. I hope he won't pitch like Mike Hampton did this year.
jjk Monday, December 24, 2001 at 16:44:59 (PST)

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