- 17 per cent of men think about sport whilst having sex -
- 1 in 5 blokes ditch dates in favour of sport -
- 4 per cent of men admit to missing the birth of their child to watch sport -
November 26, 2007: New 24-hour sports news channel, Setanta Sports News, has published research proving just how much the nation really does have sport on the brain. The results reveal 17 per cent of UK males admitting to regularly thinking about sport whilst in the heat of passion, with 10 per cent of women also confessing to sport on the brain in their most amorous moments! The 24-hour rolling sports new channel plans to use this understanding of the nation’s sports obsession to put fans at the heart of its programming when it launches later this week.
Setanta Sports News found that the nation’s sporting fixation doesn’t interfere with just sex; it also affects other events with some avoided altogether in favour of sport. 23 per cent of men said they had stood someone up on a date to catch up on their team, a further 20 per cent admitted to missing a friend’s wedding due to a vital sporting engagement and an incredible 4 per cent even said they had missed the birth of their child to watch their team play.
Editor in Chief, Setanta Sports News, Geoff Hill, commented: “As we planned the launch of our sports news channel, we knew we were dealing with a subject that was close to people’s hearts but we have really uncovered just how passionate people are about sport! It’s clear people spend a great deal of time, and much of that time is in the most personal situations, obsessing about their favourite sports and teams. We have designed our new channel with this in mind, to be a home for fans to honestly and passionately share their love of sport.”
Setanta Sports News presenter Kelly Dalglish said: “We knew men were sports-obsessed but I think most women would be astonished to know men even think about sport during sex. I’m sure our new channel will provide men with exactly the right outlet for sporting news and insight so they can also find the time to properly concentrate on their women too.”
Setanta Sports News is the new rolling sports news channel, free-to-air on the Virgin Media platform and satellite, and it will cover sports stories from the UK and abroad. The channel will have a fresh, straightforward approach with the opinions and input of sports fans at the heart of its programming.
We might as well face it; we’re addicted to sport!
Despite recent disappointments including Lewis Hamilton’s failure to win the F1 Championship, a rugby World Cup final defeat and the disaster of England failing to qualify for Euro 2008, British sports fans clearly have sport on the brain. Results reveal that 26 per cent of Brits thinks about sport every hour of the day, including a staggering 1.2 million of the population who think about sport every 5 seconds!
When asked the situations they found themselves thinking about sport, the great British public came up with some surprising responses including at funerals, weddings and even on the toilet! Yes, it’s official, the most popular time for mulling over the latest England formation, Andy Murray’s forehand or the offside rule, according to 56 per cent of Brits, is on the toilet.
Further results revealed that sport is far more important to Brits than what could be considered bigger issues, including world peace, politics and even the latest celebrity news story. 62 per cent of the UK revealed that they would rather spend their time thinking about their team or sport than world peace with celebrity gossip (54 per cent) and politics (51 per cent) also seen as inferior in importance to sport.
Setanta Sports News is jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, and produced by ITN. Its EPG number on Virgin Media is 518. The satellite EPG number is 435.
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