What Would NFL Fans Give Up For Their Team To Win? - RotoGrinders
The final whistle blows. Your team has lost by a last-minute PAT, touchdown, or bad call. You throw your hands up to the sky and think: “What would I give up for my team to have won that?”
Well, the team at RotoGrinders can put some hard data behind this answer!
We surveyed over 3,000 NFL fans to find out what they would give up to:
- To see their team win the Super Bowl
- To play for their favorite team
- To meet their favorite player.
We were also wondering how many of you would bunk off work to attend a victory parade. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s the majority of fans, but do read on for the full results below!
What Would You Give Up To See Your Team Win The Super Bowl?
Of the 3000 fans we surveyed, most would give up a date with their celebrity crush, with 22% willing to do this.
Clearly, a monetary value can be placed on their team winning the Super Bowl, with 15% willing to give up a winning bet of $2000.
| Response | Total |
| A date with your celebrity crush | 22% |
| An all-expenses paid trip to a Las Vegas casino | 19% |
| The last ever concert of your favorite artist | 16% |
| A winning bet of $2000 | 15% |
| Family wedding | 12% |
| Annual bonus | 7% |
| The funeral of a close family member | 6% |
| Your honeymoon | 5% |
| Your own wedding | 4% |
| Your marriage | 4% |
| Retirement savings | 3% |
| Your child being born | 3% |
One-in-eight NFL fans would skip and give up a family wedding if it meant their beloved team won the Super Bowl. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 14% of single and 14% of divorced NFL fans would skip a family wedding to see their team win the Superbowl – the same result for different reasons perhaps!
Moving to a slightly more morbid topic, 8% of male NFL fans would skip a funeral of a close family member if it meant their team won the Super Bowl.
| Response | Single | In a relationship | Living with partner | Married |
| A date with your celebrity crush | 19% | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| An all-expenses paid trip to a Las Vegas casino | 21% | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| The last ever concert of your favorite artist | 15% | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| A winning bet of $2000 | 15% | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Family wedding | 14% | 14% | 17% | 10% |
| Annual bonus | 8% | 7% | 11% | 7% |
| The funeral of a close family member | 7% | 5% | 8% | 5% |
| Your honeymoon | 6% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| Your own wedding | 5% | 5% | 6% | 2% |
| Your marriage | 6% | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Retirement savings | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Your child being born | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% |
Fanbases: what would they give up to see their team win?
Moving into the results divided by fanbase, we get some interesting variations.
15% of Colts fans would forgo an annual bonus to see them win the Super Bowl – after such a long wait, is this surprising?
| Team | Annual bonus |
| Indianapolis Colts | 15% |
| Buffalo Bills | 14% |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 13% |
| Arizona Cardinals | 12% |
| New York Jets | 12% |
Colt fans would also skip a family wedding the most, when compared to other fanbases – with 18% happy to do this.
| Team | Family wedding |
| Indianapolis Colts | 18% |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 18% |
| New York Jets | 18% |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 17% |
| Chicago Bears | 17% |
Cardinals fans clearly desire victory – 14% would skip the funeral of a close family member if it meant seeing their team win the Super Bowl.
| Team | The funeral of a close family member |
| Arizona Cardinals | 14% |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 11% |
| New York Jets | 11% |
| Seattle Seahawks | 10% |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 10% |
Apologies to any kids of Jaguars fans…some of your parents would happily give you up to see the Jags finally clinch the Lombardi trophy – 10% of Jags fans in fact.
| Team | Your child being born |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 10% |
| Washington Commanders | 8% |
| Arizona Cardinals | 7% |
| Houston Texans | 7% |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6% |
What Would NFL Fans Give Up To Play On Their Favorite Team?
Again, the results follow a similar pattern, with the majority of fans, 18%, willing to skip a date with their celebrity crush to play for their favorite NFL team. They would also happily skip an all-expenses paid trip to a Las Vegas casino.
| Response | Total | Male | Female |
| A date with your celebrity crush | 18% | 21% | 15% |
| An all expenses paid trip to a Las Vegas casino | 15% | 20% | 10% |
| A winning bet of $2000 | 14% | 20% | 9% |
| The last ever concert of your favorite artist | 12% | 17% | 8% |
| Annual bonus | 9% | 14% | 5% |
| Family wedding | 10% | 12% | 7% |
| Your honeymoon | 5% | 7% | 3% |
| The funeral of a close family member | 5% | 6% | 4% |
| Retirement savings | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| Your marriage | 5% | 6% | 3% |
| Your own wedding | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| Your child being born | 3% | 4% | 2% |
| Other (please specify): | 1% | 1% | 1% |
However, when we divide the results by gender, we get some differences between the responses from male and female NFL fans.
20% of men would give up a winning bet of $2000 vs 9% of women. In addition, 17% of men would give up the last ever concert of their favorite artist vs 8% of women.
A theme seems to be emerging, as men are more willing to part with money than women when it comes to earning a spot on their favorite team! 14% of men would forgo an annual bonus vs 5% of women.
Female NFL fans seem less keen to sacrifice a family wedding in order to play alongside their favorite players, with 12% of men skipping a family wedding vs 7% of women.
Fanbases: what would they give up to play for their team?
Jets fans are apparently willing to give up a fair bit in order to play in their beloved green jersey.
19% of the Jets fan base would give up a family wedding if it meant they could play at the MetLife Stadium.
| Team | Family wedding |
| New York Jets | 19% |
| Tennessee Titans | 16% |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 16% |
| Arizona Cardinals | 16% |
| Washington Commanders | 15% |
30% of NYJ fans would also give up a date with their celebrity crush to play for the Jets.
Jets fans are also the most eager to give up their retirement savings in order to play on the team — 14% of you are happy to do so!
| Team | Retirement savings |
| New York Jets | 14% |
| Arizona Cardinals | 9% |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 9% |
| Buffalo Bills | 8% |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7% |
Cardinals fans, however, top the responses when asked if they would give up their own wedding and their child being born…if it meant they could play at State Farm Stadium.
| Team | Your own wedding |
| Arizona Cardinals | 11% |
| Los Angeles Rams | 7% |
| Denver Broncos | 7% |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7% |
| Detroit Lions | 6% |
| Team | Your child being born |
| Arizona Cardinals | 12% |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 10% |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 7% |
| Tennessee Titans | 5% |
| New York Giants | 5% |
What would NFL Fans Give Up to Meet Their Favorite Player?
| Response | Total |
| A date with your celebrity crush | 20% |
| An all expenses paid trip to a Las Vegas casino | 16% |
| The last ever concert of your favorite artist | 12% |
| A winning bet of $2000 | 11% |
| Family wedding | 10% |
Fanbases: what would they give up to meet their favorite player?
Minnesota fans are quick to give up any chance of love with their celebrity crush – 31% of Vikings fanatics are happy to swerve a date with their celebrity crush, wanting instead to meet their favorite player! More so than any other fan base.
| Team | A date with your celebrity crush |
| Minnesota Vikings | 31% |
| New York Jets | 26% |
| Dallas Cowboys | 25% |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 25% |
| San Francisco 49ers | 25% |
New Orleans fans are happy to skip a family wedding, if it meant they could potentially meet Spencer Rattler!
| Team | Family wedding |
| New Orleans Saints | 16% |
| Minnesota Vikings | 14% |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 14% |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 14% |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 13% |
Cards fans are topping the rankings again, happy to give up their hard earned annual bonus for a chance to meet their favorite player.
| Team | Annual bonus |
| Arizona Cardinals | 14% |
| Indianapolis Colts | 13% |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 13% |
| Denver Broncos | 11% |
| Tennessee Titans | 11% |
Would NFL Fans Skip Work To Attend a Super Bowl Victory Parade?
| Response | Total | Democrat Party | Republican Party |
| Strongly agree | 36% | 40% | 36% |
| Somewhat agree | 24% | 24% | 24% |
| Neutral | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Somewhat disagree | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Strongly disagree | 14% | 11% | 15% |
Your team has finally done it – they’ve won the Super Bowl. But, suddenly you realize you don’t have the day off work after Super Bowl Sunday. Would you call in sick? Would you bunk off work on Monday? Well, for the majority of NFL fans, the answer is yes!
In fact, 60% of NFL fans either strongly or somewhat agree that they would skip work to attend the victory parade.
There seems to be a small variation when fans are divided along political lines – 64% of Democrats either strongly or somewhat agree vs 60% of Republicans.
Fanbases: which ones would skip work to attend a Super Bowl victory parade?
Cleveland Browns fans are the most eager to skip work, with 77% of them either strongly or somewhat agreeing that they would bunk off work if the Browns won.
In a close second comes Bengals fans at a combined 72%, followed by Buccaneers fans at 70%.
In terms of fan bases that had the most negative response to the above question, Bills and Raiders fans topped the survey response for this question – 30% of both fan bases either strongly or somewhat disagreed with the statement.
Methodology
The research was commissioned by the Action Network and was carried out online by Research Without Barriers (RWB). The survey was conducted between 31st July 2024 and 5th August 2024. The sample comprised 3,013 USA NFL fans.
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