Rival Points
Average Rivalry Points assigned to a rival team. 0-100
Reverse Rival Points
Average Rivalry Points assigned to the favorite team by the rival team’s fans. 0-100
Rivalry Ingredients
Each Rivalry Recipe is composed of a mix of 10 common ingredients to rivalry discerned from thousands of fan comments (Tyler & Cobbs, 2015, 2019). Fans on each side of a rivalry have rated the importance of each ingredient on a 1-7 scale (7 being ‘extremely important’).
Prejudice
How much prejudice do fans hold against fans of the rival team? 1 [lowest] – 7 [highest]
We measured prejudice using 4 questions that included: “A(n) [Rival] fan’s character is more questionable than a typical fan’s character.”
Discrimination
How much do fans discriminate in their relationships with fans of the rival team? 1 [lowest] – 7 [highest]
We measured relationship discrimination using 6 questions adapted from Pettigrew and Meertens (1995) that included: “I would be less likely to marry a [rival] fan than a typical fan.” and “As a boss, I would be less likely to hire a [rival] fan than a typical fan.”
