Sports Personality of the Year

[Atticus]

Really, what is the point? The world of sport has moved on since the BBC dominated the globe. Do you think Usain Bolt is arsed about this accolade?

As for no women this yera?, pathetic. If that's what your selection process serves up, then, it is wrong.

Women aren't represented well in the sporting media, that's not an excuse for them not be recognised. 'Personality' should to be replaced by 'Sportsperson'of the year, perhaps.

[Thomas Micklewright]

I agree re. women not being represented - would love to see girls football rise to the same level as mens.

Tom

[StraferJack]

All of that Atticus +1

[taper]

SPOTY is blazer bloke beery hack hell. Nonsense that Brownlee and Wellington aren't there. If Cav doesn't win I'll do a mental.

['bout now]

Yeah, like right on. Man.

['bout now]

Oh and +1 for cav.

['bout now]

And ask Paula Radcliffe, Jessica Ennis, and that bird who is married to that rugby tool. They all have accolades, this year is thin, tell us who deserves it?

[Mick Mac]

Rory...

No cyclist can come close.

[SimonM]

For me, SPOTY lost the remains of its credibility when the Man Utd fans fixed it for Ryan Giggs a few years back..

[Atticus]

I think these awards should be taken out of the BBC hands and given to a body with more prestige... The Beeb could still produce and broadcast the event but should focus on an editorial which delivers a cracking 'review' of the year. As it stands, it is becoming a laughing stock, the X Factor of sport.

[the-e-dealer]

Do they have to have stunning Personality to Qualify? Or are they just supposed to be good at Sport. I really don't how out facing personality really affects a Sportman's performance. As for suggesting the bloke who commirtted suicide shouldn't we find out why this happened first.

[camberwell70]

Didn't Red Rum win it in the 1970s?

[Mick Mac]

No but a horse has won it before. Princess Anne in "72.

[Atticus]

Nigel Mansell, twice! that guy has bags of 'personality'.

[the-e-dealer]

Where does he keep them?

[SimonM]

If "personality" was remotely a factor then Sarah Stevenson ought to have won by a street, never mind shortlisted

[Loz]

SimonM Wrote:

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> If "personality" was remotely a factor then Sarah Stevenson ought to have won by a street, never mind shortlisted

I'm afraid she comes under the heading of 'never heard of her'. I think the person should be at least reasonably well know, else 'Mad Dave' from the local pub darts team would be in the running.

[SimonM]

Except "Mad Dave " is not a world champion in any sport who nursed both parents with terminal cancer whilst training for the championships. You or "Nuts" may not have heard of her, but real sporting journalists/media ought to be in the know.

[the-e-dealer]

Got it - They Mean Sports PERSON of the Year.

[Mick Mac]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Rory...

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> No cyclist can come close.

Told you so.

What a poor result.....we this year have UK golfers achieving feats that have never before been achieved and probably wont again, yet we give it to a cyclist who is ranked only 6th in the sports biggest event.

And within golf to put Darren Clarke above Rory McIlroy is just not right either.

[taper]

Are you serious!? He's the greatest sprinter road racing has ever had. He's the world champion. And he's knocked up his ex page 3 model girlfriend. Golf's not really a sport. You can be fat and win the Open.

[ratty]

Cycling is a sport, golf is a hobby, but Ali Cook should have won it for putting the Aussies to the sword this time last year!

[Mick Mac]

taper Wrote:

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> Are you serious!? He's the greatest sprinter road

> racing has ever had.

Really - Ireland's Sean Kelly won the green jersey 4 times. What makes Cavendish better than him?

[taper]

kelly never won the World championship, won a quarter of the stage wins Cavendish has already racked up and was a doper.

[El Pibe]

Cricket didn't even make the top three?!? Just goes to show its not really a national sport, it's just for dusty old sports writers, colonials, peckhamgatecrasher and me (and ratty apparently and david_carnell and one or two others).

Still, that cyclist seemed nice.