Sports Personality of the Year

[Skippernick]

Actually i do. Get out of that and stay fashionable.
































Well i don't really, but just watch his interviews.

[Tori]

So you know nothing. Other than, omg, what you see on TV! So it must be true.

[Looney tune]

NEIL FRANCIS LENNON

[Skippernick]

Well Tori, with that in mind then none of us could possibly comment or vote on any the "personalities" because we only watch them on TV or from a long distance in a stadium, but never actually meet any of them.

[bigbluebear]

ALISTAIR MURDOCH McCOIST

[Tori]

It shouldn't be a popularity contest. It's what they've achieved that counts. That's why the comments of 'it's only tennis' etc I find annoying. They all deserve to win on their own merits.

[Skippernick]

I agree Tori, which begs the question why was it changed from "Sports Review of the Year" to "Sports Personality of the Year"
Considering the wider general public will read/hear the title and choose from that suggestive title explains some of the weird choices over the year, mainly overpaid footballers.

[DryRob]

If you're taking the "it's only tennis/cycling/*sport*" route then Ennis should win as she competed in more than one sport

[Robbie8666]

If you're taking the "it's only tennis/cycling/*sport*" route then Ennis should win as she competed in more than one sport

I thought it was one sport with multiple disciplines?

[Fazerider]

If you're taking the "it's only tennis/cycling/*sport*" route then Ennis should win as she competed in more than one sport

I thought it was one sport with multiple disciplines?

Heptathlon: seven sports but only one set of medals.

[Looney tune]

ALISTAIR MURDOCH McCOIST

Lol, but you've spelt murder wrong  .


If it's based on what they have achieved then why has Phil Taylor never won it ? Oh yes, I know, darts is not a sport !


In reality there are so many who deserve to win it this year, Wiggins, Ennis, Murray, McIlroy, Frankel ......

[JZS 600]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-named-sportsman-of-the-year-by-journalists-association


and there you go,,,,,

[fazed]

What about team of the year - guess it would include the Olympic cycling team(s) But I'd like to see the England 15 that beat the All Blacks by 20 points last weekend - I actually jumped out of my chair & ran round the room yelling 'dish it out to 'em' at the top of my lungs - highly undignified for a man of my years!!

[Skippernick]

What about team of the year - guess it would include the Olympic cycling team(s) But I'd like to see the England 15 that beat the All Blacks by 20 points last weekend - I actually jumped out of my chair & ran round the room yelling 'dish it out to 'em' at the top of my lungs - highly undignified for a man of my years!!

 
I was listening on the radio in the car with my daughter asleep in the back, very excited silent cheering.

[slimwilly]

What about team of the year - guess it would include the Olympic cycling team(s) But I'd like to see the England 15 that beat the All Blacks by 20 points last weekend - I actually jumped out of my chair & ran round the room yelling 'dish it out to 'em' at the top of my lungs - highly undignified for a man of my years!!

  







I was listening on the radio in the car with my daughter asleep in the back, very excited silent cheering.

and me

[Slaninar]

Just look at Ryan Giggs, what exactly did he do that was that special to win it, even he looked embarrassed....Wiggins does look favourite though

Giggs is a legend.


Here's an interesting article, Wiggins is mentioned in the last paragraph (good article on cycling though):

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n22/david-runciman/everybody-gets-popped


Those awards are just to make people argue. You have 10 brilliant sportsmen and you have to single one out. No clear cut criterium. So it is a bit of a popularity contest. How can you compare tennis, football and snooker?!?  You can choose the best tennis player, the best snooker player. That's as far as it goes. Picking the best footballer is a no win situation - how can you compare a goalkeeper to a striker? Who is "better"?