Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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I quite enjoyed it - more than happy to keep it.
It's funny how people on the left AND the right go on about how the BBC is impartial...
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[TV] BBC Sports Personality Of The Year . . . Beth Mead.
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It's funny how people on the left AND the right go on about how the BBC is impartial...
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Imagine this thread if the mens team had won the Euros and the Golden boot winner SPOTY.
Ben Stokes. Nope
Ben Stokes. Nope
- Jan 3, 2012
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Agreeing with those that say SPOTY is one of the lowlights of the sporting year, I actually voted in it for the first time ever this year.
Ronnie O’Sullivan. I enjoy snooker rather than being an avid follower, but he has this year I believe become the most successful player ever. But maybe he deserves a lifetime achievement award more than anything else.
Ronnie O’Sullivan. I enjoy snooker rather than being an avid follower, but he has this year I believe become the most successful player ever. But maybe he deserves a lifetime achievement award more than anything else.
There's a simple solution. If you moaned about it this year and you recall moaning about it last year then the obvious solution is not to watch. It's not really a sporting event so why some are banging on about it being a sporting lowlight beggars belief. It highlights achievements during the year and pays respects to those past sporting stars we lost. It's just an effing award ceremony. People vote for whom they want to win. I normally watch but was otherwise engaged at the Valley but I will probably watch next year as I have done in the past.
Whilst we can't expect the winner to always be our own personal favourite as we all have different preferences when it comes to sport, I am very surprised that Matt Fitzpatrick didn't even get a nomination for being the first Brit to win a Major in god knows how long!
Randy McNob
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Cricket has got an image problem. It's too English, it's stuffy old men, the village green, all the ex-british colonial nations play it. How can it re-invent itself?
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Anyone on here able to even pick 'personality' Beth Mead out of a police line-up? 
I'd like to think Ben and Beth Mead would both be in for a win
don't forget the award is titled 'personality' it doesn't in any way imply 'winner'
THere's not much in the blokes kickball England first team with a whiff of character or charisma.
Iggle Piggle
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In my Christmas picture quiz, the answer was 0/6Anyone on here able to even pick 'personality' Beth Mead out of a police line-up?
Andy Murray kills your point.
There should be a special sub category for vacuum.
sponsored by Edwards or the like, not a pathetic dust agitator from Wiltshire. I'm talking black hole levels of charisma.
Nothing I can disagree with there.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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All of this. Plus anyone (with a TV licence) can watch it again on BBC iPlayer, which makes the date/time it takes place irrelevant anyway!
Murray has a lovely dry sense of humour, I never understand people who say he's boring or hasn't got a personality.
That said, the award is clearly about winning something rather than "personality"
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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The personality in this case simply refers to a famous person or celebrity, which was a much more prominent definition/usage of the word back in the 1950s when the award was first setup. It has nothing to do with their charisma or character and is just about their sporting achievements.
You are right about Andy Murray, he is very dry and actually very funny. Similar to Steve Davis who plays up to his boring moniker superbly and is incredibly witty too.
I too favour individual winners. Would have been Gadirova for me.