BBC Sports Personality really bugs me.

cheets64 · 4 Dec 2006 at 18:21

Its always been a joke, didnt a greyhound win it once, wtf.

fozzybear · 4 Dec 2006 at 18:25

cheets64 said:
Its always been a joke, didnt a greyhound win it once, wtf.

No.

cheets64 · 4 Dec 2006 at 18:45

Well it won someting back in 80s

fozzybear · 4 Dec 2006 at 18:54

cheets64 said:
Well it won someting back in 80s

Are you thinking of Red Rum when it appeared in the studio?

cheets64 · 4 Dec 2006 at 19:00

fozzybear said:
Are you thinking of Red Rum when it appeared in the studio?

Nope.

Alibaba99 · 4 Dec 2006 at 19:45

They have the wrong racing driver in the list. Andy Priaulx has won the World Touring Car Championship twice, following on from winning the European Touring Car Championship before that, and yet didn''t even receive one single nomination.

normanthefarmer · 4 Dec 2006 at 21:44

as people hae said this is all a popularity thing, zara phillips will most probly win it, i would like to see cooke win it or phil taylor has dpominated his sport for years and deserves the recognition.
although generally it is a popularity contest apart from beckham recently the right person has won it, although it varies with which sports you follow etc.

gumbald · 5 Dec 2006 at 00:40

None of them are really personalities though, that's the thing that bugs me. It's been a pretty dull year in terms of back page success...

dirtydog · 5 Dec 2006 at 07:16

I thought this was gonna be a thread about the whole award itself. Because I think it is rather pointless and stupid really. What does being a sports "personality" mean? :confused:

It's meaningless to me.

Morba · 5 Dec 2006 at 22:22

kaiowas said:
You do realise those lists are alphabetical?

Honestly..... no!!

Doh!!

Morba · 5 Dec 2006 at 22:26

Alibaba99 said:
They have the wrong racing driver in the list. Andy Priaulx has won the World Touring Car Championship twice, following on from winning the European Touring Car Championship before that, and yet didn''t even receive one single nomination.

Thats a good point.
Is there an international award for anything in the show? should goto zanardi

freshy · 5 Dec 2006 at 23:59

the personality bit is a typical british way of admitting that they may not win! either it shouldnt be called that or you follow it by definition and choose personalities over the sports achievement thing.

clarke should win the hollesan award for adversity but shoud not win this - i am sure the team will win team of the year - this might be the darren clarke show! - will he win young sports personality too? he should withdraw imo.

dirtydog · 6 Dec 2006 at 13:12

freshy said:
the personality bit is a typical british way of admitting that they may not win! either it shouldnt be called that or you follow it by definition and choose personalities over the sports achievement thing.

Maybe it should be called BBC Sportsman of the Year, but they probably decided against that on PC grounds, even though a woman who plays sport is still called a sportsman as far as I'm concerned.

McBain · 6 Dec 2006 at 21:29

Erm..... wtf

Graham Poll ? I know he was only on a shortlist, but still, wtf.

-gem- · 8 Dec 2006 at 23:22

i know the award is 'sports personality of the year'... but i think this years competition seems pointless. its like they ran out of people to nominate so just picked a handful of popular people.

im a big equestrian sport fan (much angered by a certain newspaper that deemed eventing as a 'fake sport'), and i do think zara philips has done well this year... but there's only one or two big titles to her name this year. incredibly outstanding titles, maybe, but nothign that someone else maybe could not have done. i think it is because she is young, as well, thata gives her advantage.

when pippa funnel was nominated the other year, it was for winning to Rolex Grand Slam-winning the 3 biggest events in britain in a row. THAT, not to mention her numerous wins that year aswell, was worhty of a nomination.

but i just dont see the point in this years show.

when was the last paralympic athlete awarded anything in this show?

Morba · 9 Dec 2006 at 11:47

-gem- said:
when was the last paralympic athlete awarded anything in this show?

didnt tanni gray thompson win something?

Psycho Ned · 10 Dec 2006 at 21:06

So Zara Phillips is sports personality of the year bit of an upset that one for me.

Some strange decisions on the other awards.

Team of the year - St Helens (over the Ryder cup team)
Young sports personality - Theo Wallcott (young substitute of the year maybe)

Poor year for British sport though it really has been.

Pigeon_Killer · 10 Dec 2006 at 21:12

^ Agree. I can't comment on most of the awards as I don't watch rugby, show jumping or gymnastics but I was disappointed Calzaghe and the Ryder Cup team missed out and extremely surprised and disappointed that Theo Walcott got an award. It was nice to see David Walliams get acknowledged for his achievement and the tribute and award for Paul Hunter was touching if a little brief. Overall, I thought the program felt extremely rushed and it wasn't half as entertaining as it has been in previous years.

Velocity · 10 Dec 2006 at 21:19

Darren Clarke should have won imo.

What that guy went through and the way he handled himself has everything to do with PERSONALITY not taking anything away from Zara Phillips I just think Darren Clarke was more deserving.

Tute · 10 Dec 2006 at 21:26

Velocity said:
Darren Clarke should have won imo.

What that guy went through and the way he handled himself has everything to do with PERSONALITY not taking anything away from Zara Phillips I just think Darren Clarke was more deserving.

Totally agree with this post.