Thunder Increases Positive Perception Of Oklahoma

jman23 · Post #1 » by **jman23** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:27 am

The online survey by Zogby International, a national polling and market research firm, shows more than two out of three Americans have at least a fair view of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma securing its own professional team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, was a plus, Zogby said.

"Having the NBA never hurts," he said. "The numbers went up among men."

Success by Oklahoma's college football teams this season also probably helped with Americans having a better opinion or image of the state, he said

http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-gets-good-reviews-from-nation-poll-shows-researcher-says-college-football-thunder-help-improve-oklahomas-image/article/feed/32407

Post #2 » by **wizkid27** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:44 am

Yeah, interesting article. I'm not really sure how much it has to do with the Thunder though. Even the results of the poll don't seem to say anything about the Thunder specifically, just the comments on the poll. Between OU in the natl championship, the recent Bradford Heismann and the new OKC NBA team things have to at least be getting better as far as how much Natl attention is on the city. I really don't think anything has happened that would drastically change anyone's opinion of the place though.

ljp24 · Post #3 » by **ljp24** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:37 pm

If this franchise increased positive outlook, I shudder to think of it before Bennet...

Post #4 » by **wizkid27** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:46 pm

That's kind of what I was wondering about. I didn't know that a horrible losing season can really improve things too much. I guess maybe people thought of OKC as a little town, and they've seen that the Thunder are drawing ~18,000+ per night??