Sports Personality of the Year

[crodonilson]

Another vintage year for British sport and a stellar line up. Who will your vote be going to??

 

[Bozza]

McCoy as nailed on as the odds suggest, surely.

 

[OzMike]

Phil Taylor is well overdue for recognition.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Who cares, it's very little to do with sport, is it ? It's a personality contest.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Who cares, it's very little to do with sport, is it ? It's a personality contest.

Won in the past by those great raconteurs, Nick Faldo and Nigel Mansell?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Won in the past by those great raconteurs, Nick Faldo and Nigel Mansell?

Obviously it has sporting links, but it doesn't go to the best "sporting" performance of they year, so really means very little. There are times when it is obvious who it goes to, and Faldo, quite rightly won it as a six times major winner.

 

[Bozza]

Obviously it has sporting links, but it doesn't go to the best "sporting" performance of they year, so really means very little. There are times when it is obvious who it goes to, and Faldo, quite rightly won it as a six times major winner.

I'm not sure why you're complaining - the award is very clearly "Sports Personality of the year", not "Sports Performance of the year".

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I'm not sure why you're complaining - the award is very clearly "Sports Personality of the year", not "Sports Performance of the year".

Are you being sarcastic?

'Personality' is another word for famous person.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Paul Scholes

 

[Bozza]

Are you being sarcastic?

'Personality' is another word for famous person.

Sure.

The point is nowhere does the name of the award suggest that it should go to the best performer. Which is handy as it rarely does.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

GMac for winning a major

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Sure.

The point is nowhere does the name of the award suggest that it should go to the best performer. Which is handy as it rarely does.

Surely the title alone suggests it is for the most successful sports peronality?

What about some of the other awards 'BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award' or 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award'. You don't need to throw in best performer or what-have-you. Picking the best is a gimme, shirley?

It is difficult to compare achievements though, so I am sure not everyone is going to agree with the eventual winner. The whole thing has been muddied now they have included a pub game wizard.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Well worth a with the real vote on tonight.

Will NSC reflect the view of the nation (as usual )

 

[stss30]

I voted for Graham Swann because I like cricket . As long as Tom Daley doesn't win I don't really give a shit. But I think
Swann or Taylor should definately win it

 

[Durlston]

I put a tenner on Graeme McDowell (4/1) this morning. He's had a great year. Golf is a real sport and the BBC show a fair bit of it in the spring/summer.

Wouldn't mind seeing Tony McCoy win it though and jockeys are probably the bravest of them all but favourites have a poor record in SPOTY. There could well be a surprise...

 

[Farehamseagull]

I really like Macdowell and he has had a great year and I would be happy if he did win it but its got to be AP hasn't it? Thoroughly deserved aswell.

My top three: 1. AP Mccoy. 2. Macdowell. 3. Swann.

 

[Easy 10]

Where's John Terry ?

Ridiculous.

 

[Stat Brother]

No Soccerballists in the list, so what will we have to look forward to:-

David Beckham receiving a lifetime achievement award.

(In fairness I don't have a problem with this, but would we have it should we have won the W/C)

 

[Bean]

I don't follow many of the contestants on the shortlist but I'll go for Jessica Ennis as I watched the last athletics event where GB did well.

As was said, as long as Daley doesn't win I'll be happy.

 

[Bob!]

Jess for me
just hope the pub game player doesn't win it