Method
Subjects
Data for this study was gathered during a "State
Games" grassroots sport event hosted by a state association
in the Midwest. The event was the culmination
of four sectional events hosted within the state.
Participants qualified for the event based on performance
at one of the four sectionals. Subjects (N = 492)
were randomly selected for participation in the study
upon exiting the event venue. Every fifth subject exiting
the venue was asked to participate by completing a
self-administered questionnaire. All subjects (participants,
spectators, and volunteers) exited the venue at
the same location. Using traditional measures to assess
consumer awareness of sponsorship, subjects were first
asked to recall as many sponsors as possible from
memory and then asked to recognize event sponsors
from a list (Cuneen & Hannan, 1993; Pitts, 1998;
Sandage, 1983; Slattery & Pitts, 2002). Subjects
received no incentive for completing the questionnaire.