Pro Baseball and J League held with spectators over half of careful opinions 4:24, June 9
Regarding the holding of professional baseball and soccer J-League with spectators, the survey results conducted by Waseda University, which said that more than 50% of the opinions were cautious even after the emergency declaration was lifted, the experts gathered. It is necessary to make a judgment while keeping a calm view of the situation.”
A group such as Professor Yoshiyuki Mano of Waseda University, who participates as an observer in the "Countermeasure Liaison Conference" between professional baseball and the J-League, conducted a nationwide survey on the ideal way of watching games.
The survey was conducted three times over the whole month from the middle of last month before the declaration of emergency was lifted nationwide, and this month, 2500 surveys were conducted on 2500 men and women 18 years of age and older.
Of these, those who answered "yes" or "somewhat" for "held by no audience" were the first survey conducted from the 15th of the last month and the third survey conducted from the 29th of the last month. In comparison, professional baseball increased from 46.3% to 56.6%, and J.League from 41.8% to 54.9%, increasing by 10 points or more, indicating a positive trend.
On the other hand, regarding “held with audience”, those who answered “yes” or “yes,” were 14.5% to 17.9% for professional baseball and 12.8% to 17% for the J League. Those who replied “opposite” or “somewhat disagree” with the increase within the points were 56.3% for professional baseball and 56.5% for the J.League, the same as in the previous two surveys. Over half of the opinions were cautious.
Specifically, there are many people who are concerned about the risk, such as a large number of people gathering at the same time and infected people may be in the same place.
"I think it's a long way to go to the stadium because of anxiety about the infection," said Professor Mano, who conducted the survey. It is necessary to calmly judge the situation of public opinion when deciding whether to enter the audience. I point out.